Times and Winds Turkey
2006, 110min.
Prod.: Omer Atay, Script/Dir./Editor: Reha Erdem, Dir. of Phot.: Florent Herry, Compos.: Arvo Pärt, Prod design.: Ömer Atay, Sound: Murat Senurkmez.
Cast: Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan, Bulent Emin Yarar, Taner Birsel, Yigit Ozsener, Selma Ergec, Tarik Sonmez.
A small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, facing the immense sea, flanked by olive yards. Villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with the harsh nature. They live according to the rhythm of nature and the earth and know they are temporary on it. The call to prayer divides the day into five parts. People expose their love awkwardly, fathers always prefer one of the sons and mothers treat the daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, Yakup and Yıldız are about 12,13 years old - the key characters. Ömer, the son of an imam, wants to kill his father. Yakup is in love with his teacher. After he sees his father spying the teacher, he starts to dream of killing his father just like Ömer. Yıldız studies and helps with household and is like a mother to her baby brother. She dislikes the ‘secrets’ of relationship between men and women. Children, oscillating between rage and guilt, grow up slowly. Ömer gives up killing his father - stuck between love and hate he cries desperately.
Awards
Istanbul IFF, 2006 (Best Turkish Film, FIPRESCI Award), Adana Golden Boll FF , 2006
(Best Turkish Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Promising Actor, Best Promising Actress), Int. Mediterranean FF Montpellier, 2006 (Golden Antigone Mention, Nova Award, Young People's Award), Mannheim-Heidelberg IFF, 2006 (Special Mention for Photography ), The Cinema and Film Critics Association - 39th Turkish Cinema Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography), Vesoul International Asian FF, 2007 (Emile Guimet Award - given out by the Asian National Arts Museum of Paris), Nurnberg Turkey/Germany FF, 2007 (Special Mention for Directing, Young Jury’s Award).
| Erdem, Reha Reha Erdem
Gave up his history studies at Istanbul Bosphorus University in 1983 to study cinema in Paris. He graduated from Cinema Department of Paris University, received M.A. in Plastic Arts at the same university. Shot his first feature-length film Oh Moon in 1989 as a French-Turkish co-production which received many awards. His latest film Times and Winds had the world premiere at the 25th Istanbul IFF and received FIPRESCI and The Best Turkish Film Award. Reha Erdem has short films and also directed a theater play: He staged Maids (Les Bonnes) by Jean Genet.
Filmography
Oh Moon (A Ay, 1989), Deniz Turkusu (1995), Kac Para Kac (1999), Mommy, I'm Scared (Korkuyorum Anne, 2004), Times and Winds (Bes Vakit, 2006), Anytime in October (Ekimde Hiçbir Kere, 2006):
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