German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 24, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 21:00 (film.coop)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Turkey
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: Rezan Yesilbas
Screenplay: Rezan Yesilbas
Cinematographer: Turksoy Golebeyi
Editor: Bugra Dedeoglu, Rezan Yesilbas
Producer: Rezan Yesilbas
Cast: Belçim Bilgin, Cem Bender

Synopsis: The year is 1984. Zeynep, who lives in Diyarbakir with her three children, wants to visit her husband in prison. Zeynep is only able to speak her mother tongue ‘Kurdish’; however, only the Turkish language is allowed to be spoken in prison, so she’s unable to utter a word there. On the other hand, she wants to bring a new pair of shoes to her husband but it’s forbidden to bring anything to prisoners from outside…
Inhalt: Im Jahr 1984 möchte Zeynep, die mit ihren drei Kindern in Diyarbakir wohnt, ihren Mann im Gefängnis besuchen. Sie spricht nur Kurdisch, im Gefängnis sind Unterhaltungen allerdings nur auf Türkisch erlaubt so dass sie nicht ein Wort sagen darf. Auch braucht ihr Mann ein neues Paar Schuhe, Häftlingen darf aber nichts mitgebracht werden.

Festivals: 8th Akbank Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Atif Yilmaz Film Festival 2012, Turkey; 65th Cannes Film Festival, France
Awards: Best Short Film and Best Audience Award at 8th Akbank Film Festival 2012, Turkey, Best Short Film at Atif Yilmaz Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Palme d´Or at 65th Cannes Film Festival, France

Weblink: www.rezanyesilbas.com