MY MARLON AND BRANDO

Huseyin KARABEY

Synopsis

Ayça is a Turkish actress and she lives in Istanbul. On a film set in the West of Turkey, she meets Hama Ali, a Kurdish actor. The two fall in love while shooting a film. After the shoot, Ayça returns to Istanbul and Hama has to go back to his home, Suleymaniye in northern Iraq. But Ayça can no longer bear the distance between them and decides to travel to northern Iraq. However getting into a country at war turns out to be just as difficult as getting out.

Comments & awards :

2008 - ROTTERDAM IFF - Official Selection / World Premiere
2008 - ISTANBUL IFF 2008 - BEST ACTRESS AWARD !!!
2008 - TRIBECA IFF 2008 - Official Selection / US premiere
2008 - TRIBECA IFF 2008 - BEST DIRECTOR AWARD !!!
2008 - ANDANA IFF 2008 - BEST ACTRESS AWARD !!!
2008 - JERUSALEM FF-FISPRECI AWARD
2008 - YEREVAN FF - FISPRECI and ECUMENICAL PRIZE
2008 - SARAJEVO IFF 2008 : BEST ACTRESS AWARD !!!
2008 - KERALA IFF 2008: BEST DEBUT FILM!!
2008 - KERALA IFF 2008: BEST ASIAN FILM!!
2008 - TOKYO IFF : BEST ASIAN-MIDDLE EASTERN FILM!!
2009 - TETOUAN FF: BEST ACTRESS AWARD!!!

Principal cast :

Ayca DAMGACI
Hama Ali KHAN

Technical details :

Title : MY MARLON AND BRANDO
Original title : MY MARLON AND BRANDO
Director(s) : Huseyin KARABEY
Director of photography : Emre TANYILDIZ
Editor(s) : Mary STEPHEN
Screenwriter(s) : H. KARABEY & A. DAGMACI
Composer(s) : Huseyin YILDIZ
Length : 92
Format : Film
Gender : Drame
Screen ratio : 1 : 85
Sound : Dolby Surround
Language spoken : Turc & Anglais
Subtitled in : Anglais
Country of Origin : Turkey
Year of Production : 2008
Production Company : A-SI FILM YAPIN / MOTEL FILMS

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