Mavi Bisiklet
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| Original title | Mavi Bisiklet Blue Bicycle |
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| Country of production | Turkey , Germany |
| original language | Turkish |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 94 minutes |
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| Director | Ümit Köreken |
| script |
Nursen Çetin Köreken , Ümit Köreken |
| production | Nursen Çetin Köreken, Ümit Köreken |
| music | Cafer Ozan Türkyilmaz |
| camera | Niklas Lindschau |
| cut | Ali Aga |
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Mavi Bisiklet is a youth drama from director Ümit Köreken . The German-Turkish co-production is based on a script that the director wrote together with Nursen Çetin Köreken. The film premiered in the Generation Competition of the Berlin International Film Festival and shows how a twelve-year-old boy in the Turkish provinces fights for justice with the means available to him.
action
The twelve-year-old schoolboy Ali lives with his mother and sister in a small Turkish town. After his father's accidental death, the boy has to help support his mother financially and works in a car repair shop next to school. He keeps the tip that he receives every now and then for his big dream: a blue bicycle. But his dream is shaken after his secret love loses her position as head girl to a boy from a wealthy family. Together with his best friend, Ali starts a campaign against this injustice. And the money he actually put aside for his bike is used to point out the injustice to the residents of the small town.
production
The film was sponsored by Eurimages and was shot entirely on location in the Turkish province.
Awards
- 2016 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Winner
Festivals (selection)
- 2016 Berlin International Film Festival (Generation Competition)
- 2016 International Istanbul Film Festival
- 2016 Giffoni Film Festival
- 2016 Bogota Film Festival
- 2016 Mumbai International Film Festival
Web links
- Mavi Bisiklet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official Facebook page of the film
- Official trailer for the film
- Hollywood Reporter (English)