A story of three sisters
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A story of three sisters |
| Original title | Kız Kardeşler |
| Country of production | Turkey , Germany , Netherlands , Greece |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Emin Alper |
| script | Emin Alper |
| production | Nadir Öperli, Muzaffer Yıldırım |
| music | Giorgos Papaioannou, Nikos Papaioannou |
| camera | Emre Erkmen |
| cut | Çiçek Kahraman |
| occupation | |
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A Story of Three Sisters (original title Kiz Kardeşler ) is a film by Emin Alper that premiered in February 2019 at the Berlinale and was released in German cinemas on June 4, 2020.
action
The three sisters Reyhan, Nurhan and Havva live with their father in a remote village in the middle of Anatolia. One by one, he sends them to town to work as maids. One after the other, they come back unsuccessful, Reyhan, the oldest daughter, even pregnant. Thereupon she is hastily married to the village shepherd Veysel.
production
The director was Emin Alper, who grew up in the mountains of Anatolia himself. He also wrote the script. Alper was born in Ermenek in 1974 , studied economics and history at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul and did a doctorate in modern and contemporary history. His second film Frenzy premiered in the competition at the Venice International Film Festival and was awarded the special prize of the jury there. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Alper teaches at the Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of the Istanbul Technical University .
The shooting took place in Yusufeli , a town and district in the Artvin province on the Black Sea in northeastern Turkey . Emre Erkmen acted as cameraman .
The score was composed by Giorgos Papaioannou and Nikos Papaioannou .
The film was presented for the first time in February 2019 as part of the Berlinale . The film was shown for the first time in Turkey on April 19, 2019 as part of the Ankara International Film Festival and was released in Turkish cinemas on September 13, 2019. The cinema release in Germany was planned for April 2, 2020, but was postponed to June 4, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In Germany, the film is also offered on the Grandfilm platform at Vimeo .
reception
Reviews
Kız Kardeşler received 3 out of 4 possible stars in the international review of the British trade magazine Screen International and thus led the ranking of all Berlinale competition films together with the contribution Synonymes .
Alexandra Seitz of the Berliner Zeitung writes that with his third film, Emin Alper provides renewed evidence of the filmmaker's masterful ability to condense, sharpen and create powerful images.
Awards
The film is in a preselection for the European Film Awards 2019 . Further nominations follow.
Berlin International Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Golden Bear ( Emin Alper )
International Istanbul Film Festival 2019
- Award for best actresses in the national competition ( Cemre Ebüzziya , Helin Kandemir and Ece Yüksel )
- Award for the best director (Emin Alper)
- Award for the best film music ( Giorgos Papaioannou and Nikos Papaioannou )
- Awarded the FIPRESCI prize in the national competition (Emin Alper)
- Awarded the Golden Tulip in the national competition (Emin Alper)
- Awarded the "Heart of Sarajevo" for Best Director (Emin Alper)
- Received the CICAE Award (Emin Alper)
Web links
- A tale of three sisters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A story about three sisters at crew united
- Kiz Kardesler in the program of the Berlin Film Festival
- Emin Alper on a story of three sisters in an interview with Cineuropa (video, English)
- A Tale of Three Sisters - Grandfilm Official Trailer on YouTube (Video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.hurriyet.de/news_andquot-kiz-kardeslerandquot-tand-252-rkischer-film-bei-der-berlinale-24552_14358852.html
- ↑ https://www.berlinale.de/de/archiv/jahresarchive/2019/02_programm_2019/02_Filmdatenblatt_2019_201910987.html#tab=filmStills
- ↑ https://www.hurriyet.de/news_andquot-kiz-kardeslerandquot-tand-252-rkischer-film-bei-der-berlinale-24552_14358852.html
- ↑ http://www.insidekino.com/DStarts/DStartplan.htm
- ↑ https://www.kino.de/film/mulan-2020/news/kinostart-coronavirus-verschoben-diese-filme-sind-betroffen/
- ↑ https://grandfilm.de/eine-geschichte-von-drei-schwestern/
- ↑ A story of three sisters on the VoD page of Grandfilm on Vimeo. (Video)
- ↑ Ben Dalton: Two films tie for top spot on Screen's final Berlin jury grid. In: screendaily.com, February 15, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/film/berlinale/berlinale-wettbewerb--a-tale-of-three-sisters-- shows- soziale-strukturen-anatoliens- 32024910
- ^ Jochen Müller: Lola-Abräumer in pre-selection for the European Film Award. In: Blickpunkt: Film, August 20, 2019.
- ↑ EFA Feature Film Selection. In: europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ Behlül Aydin: Kız Kardeşler 5 ödül aldı. In: hurriyet.com.tr, April 18, 2019. (Turkish)
- ↑ https://www.haberler.com/38-istanbul-film-festivali-nin-odul-toreni-yapildi-11957914-haberi/
- ↑ Vladan Petković: Take Me Somewhere Nice triumphs at Sarajevo. In: cineuropa.org, 23 August 2019.