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2009, 90min.
Prod./Script/Prod. Design: Mehmet Bahadir Er, Dir.: Mehmet Bahadir Er, Maryna Gorbach, Dir. of Phot.: Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi, Music by: Alp Erkin Çakmak-Baris Diri, Sound: Umut Senyol, Edit.: Maryna Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Cast: Cemal Toktas, Volga Sorgu, Erkan Can, Taylan Ertugrul, Ayfer Dönmez, Murat Daltaban, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Usta, Onur Dikmen, Muhammed Cangören, Sener Savas, Barlas Hünalp, Mehmet Bahadir Er.
Restless and young, best buddies Selim and Çaça live a meager existence on the outskirts of Istanbul. Their neighborhood's view of the city's gigantic business towers accelerates their ambitions. By day they grow pigeons on the roof, by night they drive their pimped-up car, and roam the mean streets. The two buddies want to open up their own parking-lot business near a gigantic mall, and they just might get lucky, since they’re supported by the local mafia boss. But everyone wants a slice of the cake and the mall’s dodgy security contractor, Sait, is not so willing to let his 'turf' slide to these up-and-coming lads. Plus, the cops are on the boys’ tail to gather evidence against the mafia’s now 'legalized' activities. It isn’t long before Selim and Çaça’s dreams will be shattered when they find themselves in water over their heads. This sizzling film shot in a verité style, captures a verisimilitude representative of the many unemployed young Turkish men who just want to make a better life for themselves. Submerged in poverty and the prevailing macho culture, it is no surprise that they become victims of violence.
Production Company
Karakirmizi Film
Protim Video Production
| Er, Mehmet Bahadir  Mehmet Bahadir Er (born 1982, Kocaeli Golcuk, Turkey)
He is currently studying directing in the Cinema and TV department at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Academy in Istanbul.
Filmography
Noki Noki (2004), The Earthquake (2005), Hope (2006), The Height (2007), Black Dogs Barking (2009).
Gorbach, Maryna  Maryna Gorbach (born 1981, Kiev, Ukraine) From 2003 to 2005 she worked at the TV channel ICTV as a director of weekly documentary project about Ukraine. After graduating from Kiev National University of Theatre, Cinema and TV in 2005, she studied for a year at the Hollywood School in Ukraine and, the same year, participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus. In 2007 she studied feature film directing at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw, Poland. Her short films have played in various international festivals and won several awards.
Filmography
The Jar (2004), The Debt (2006), Black Dogs Barking (2009).
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