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LIFE

LIFE
HAYAT
Turkey, Bulgaria

SYNOPSIS

Hicran runs away from home when her father forces her into an engagement with Rıza. Rıza, who thinks that Hicran doesn’t want to be with him, doesn’t care at first. But then it starts eating him and he decides to confront the situation and embarks on a long search for Hicran in Istanbul.

CREDITS

Written, directed & edited by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Produced by: Zeki Demirkubuz, Rossitsa Valkanova
Cinematography: Cevahir Şahin, Kürşat Üresinva
Production Design: Sinem Şan
Costume Design: Eylül Gürcan
Make-Up & Hair: Petya Simeonova
Sound: Boris Trayanov, Momchil Bozhkov, Boris Trayanov, Mustafa Durma, Leith Ridley
Visual Effects: Dimitar Itzkov, Todor Todorov
Casting: Büşra Demirtaş
Cast: Miray Daner (Hicran), Burak Dakak (Rıza), Umut Kurt (Mehmet), Cem Davran (Orhan), Osman Alkaş (Rıza’s grandfather), Melis Birkan (Hicran’s mother), Doğu Demirkol (Yılmaz), Seyit Nizam Yılmaz (Ferit)

STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR

In 1985, I had a job hanging advertising posters in gas stations all over Anatolia. At one point of my travels, I found myself waiting for the bus on a deserted road just outside a village. Across the road I noticed a girl waiting by a small grocery store, as bored as I was. We began by making eye contact and then quickly became carried away by the moment.

After a while a bus turned up. I got on it and, naturally, never saw the girl again. I don’t remember much about the place, or how long we were there; but I have never forgotten that encounter, the girl’s loneliness, and the deep pain I felt for no reason.

LIFE is a story I wrote inspired by this memory, by stories I have experienced, witnessed and heard over the years and by lifelong observations. Although it may have the look of a youth and family drama set within a specific group of people, it is fundamentally an age-old story about human destiny, our helplessness in the face of it, and the sense of sheer impossibility that goes with it.