Snow Leopard Competition
Life
Hayat
Turkey’s Submission for the 97th Academy Awards®
Followed by Q&A
Synopsis:
Young Hikran is forced by her father to marry Riza. Refusing to comply, she flees to Constantinople. Shamed, Riza sets out to find her in the metropolis, embarking on a journey, an odyssey that weaves the fates of the two young individuals in unforeseen and surprising ways. Eight years after his last film, the great Turkish auteur, Zeki Demirkubuz, returns with an epic tale infused with his familiar, dark existential tones. At the same time, the rich dialogues and the expertly portrayed characters paint an informal panorama of the city's outcasts and lost souls. Fate and human frailty, despair and the struggle to overcome it serve as the backdrop upon which Demirkubuz crafts, reminiscent of classical literature, yet another allegory about the human condition.
Schedule
Nov 18, 2024 | 06:00 PM
Director
Zeki Demirkubuz
Zeki Demirkubuz (1964) graduated from the Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication. He directed Block C, his first feature film, in 1994. He first gained the notice of film critics with Innocence (1997), which premiered at Venice Film Festival, and The Third Page (1999), both winning national and international awards. This was followed by the successful reception of Fate (2001) and Confession (2001), which were both screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. Destiny (2006), the prequel to Innocence, was followed by Envy (2009), Inside (2012), Nausea (2015), and Ember (2016). Life (2023) is his latest film. His retrospectives were shown at Viennale, Boston Museum of Art, Toronto Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, University of Michigan, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Brussels Cinematheque, and New Horizons Film Festival, Cluj Film Festival, among others.
Umut Kurt
Credits
Director:
Zeki Demirkubuz
Producer:
Zeki Demirkubuz
Co-Producer:
Rossitsa Valkanova
Cinematography:
Cevahir Sahin
Editing:
Zeki Demirkubuz
Cast:
Miray Daner
Burak Dakak
Cem Davran
Screenwriters:
Zeki Demirkubuz
Kursat Uresin
Sound:
Boris Trayanov
Momchil Bozhkov
160 min | Drama | 2023 | Turkey, Bulgaria | Turkish | English Subs
Followed by Q&A
