BAL (Honey) - Winner of the International Film Festival Berlinale 2010 S.Kaplanoğlu (Turkey)

Bal (Honey) - Winner of the 'Golden Bear' at the 60th International Film Festival Berlinale 2010 Germany.
A film (Trilogy*) by S. Kaplanoğlu (Turkey)

*Süt - Yumurta -Bal
(Milk - Egg - Honey)


Director: Semih Kaplanoğlu

Cast: Bora Altaş, Erdal Beşikcioglu, Tülin Özen, Alev Uçarer, Ayşe Altay

Staff: Script: O. Köksal, S. Kaplanoğlu

Section: Competition

Country: Turkey, 2009-2010

Language: Turkish, German, French

Time/duration: 104 min

Story: Six-year-old Yusuf has just begun attending primary school where he is learning how to read and write. His father, Yakup, is a beekeeper. He goes about his trade deep inside the woods where he hangs up his bee hives in the treetops of the highest trees. The mountain forest is a place of deep mystery to Yusuf and he derives great pleasure from accompanying his father there.
One morning Yusuf tells his father about a dream he had the night before. Yakup turns on him curtly telling him never to share his dreams with others. The same day, Yusuf is asked to read out a text in front of the class. He suddenly begins to stutter and he is laughed at by the rest of the class.
One day the bees suddenly disappear, throwing into question the familys means of earning a living. Yakup decides to set off for the remote mountains. But no sooner has he left, than Yusuf stops speaking. His mother Zehra, who works on a tea plantation, suffers a great deal on account of her sons sudden loss of speech, but is unable to persuade him to speak.
The days pass and still Yakup does not return. Mother and son begin to worry. Yusuf goes to his grandmothers place in a neighbouring village where he spends the magical night during which the prophets arrival is celebrated. When he hears the story of the prophet he is convinced that his father, with whom he identifies the holy man, will come home again.
Yusuf and his mother set off on a fruitless search for signs of his fathers whereabouts after which Yusuf decides to continue the search for his father on his own. His is a journey into the unknown. Will the dream he had become reality? (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Berlinale ©)


Kaplan Film Production:

http://www.kaplanfilm.com/en/index.asp


03.02.2010
BAL HAVING WORLD PREMIERE ON 16TH FEBRUARY
It was announced that the last film of Semih Kaplanoglus Yusuf Trilogy, BAL, will be having World Premiere in 60th Berlinale Official Competition in the press release dated 15th December.

The premiere screening will be on 16th February at 16:30 in Berlinale Palast with attendance of the director and the actors.

For more information and other screening dates please click:

http://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id...

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[AmatuALLAH92]

Regardless of disliking this Movie "sorry" but Yusuf the kid actor is a reall actor and his acting really convinced me ! :)

[sv3rige]

Amazing film!

[placebo4yo]

he remind me of jean luc godard

[endymion2005]

@nomangodoytokay

rica ederim

[endymion2005]

cok güzel bir film, gercekten.

[201norbert]

nice movie

[rubinkuppel1]

So very very very beautiful, it is a masterpiece, together with the other 2 movies about Yusuf.

[freemoviezdl]

nice movie

[belenyerkeel]

｡◕‿◕｡★を ஜஒ♥ :)♥❍❍❍Øø≧｡◕‿◕｡★

[agirlasli]

Semih Kaplanoglu