New Turkish Cinema
MURKY WATERS (Munferit)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7 p.m.
Kendall Square Cinema
One Kendall Square,
Cambridge
(Validated parking available for $2.70 for 4 hours)
2008, 107 minutes. 35mm. In Turkish with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Dersu Yavuz Altun
Cast: Ali Erkazan, Idil Firat, Mahir Ipek, Serhat Nalbantoglu, Muhammed Uzuner
Synopsis
You’d salt the meat when it stinks… what if the salt stinks?
In the midst of a night, an unexpected ferryboat approaches to the shores of a cute little town. On the deck, an inspector and his assistant – two highly commissioned authorities only assigned to very fragile cases concerning the governmental issues, scans the town from a distance. ...
We are living in the times where everybody has to forget, where everybody tends to forget what they know. We are living in a world where the powerful ones are also the ones who are fair in their cause. This feature, which was influenced by three different and independent incidents that had appeared in Turkish newspapers, attempts to picture the rottening spirit of this age.
The meat has rotten. So has the salt.
Festivals and Awards
44th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey (2008)
19th Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey (2008)
27th Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey(2008)
6th Berlin Turkish Films Week (2008)
Director DERSU YAVUZ ALTUN
Born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1967. He started acting in "Anadolu Sanat Merkezi" in 1987. Soon after, he quit his medical education to continue making theater. In 1991 he started working as the Arts Director of "Ankara Masal Tiyatrosu", and he continued to work as an actor, writer, director and teacher in numerous theater groups and institutions.
Among the distinguished awards for his works in cinema and theater are: Copler Cennete Gider mi? (Grand Award, Orhan Murat Ariburnu Short Film Competition);
Benim Guzel Pabuclarim (Grand Award, Ministry of Culture of Turkey Playwright Competition);
Dog Gunesim Dog (Prize of Recognition, Tobav Playwright Competition); Karanlik Bir Gun (Third Place, Short Film Scenario)
He is the writer and director of three short films: "Alti Oksuz Sandalye", "Copler Cennete Gider mi?", "Avunmak". Murky Waters (Munferit) is his first feature film.
