Egg (2007 film)

Infobox Film
name = Egg (international title)
Yumurta (original title)


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director =Semih Kaplanoğlu
writer =Semih Kaplanoğlu, Orçun Köksal
starring =Nejat İşler,
Saadet Işıl Aksoy,
Ufuk Bayraktar,
Tülin Özen,
Gülçin Santırcıoğlu,
Kaan Karabacak
Semra Kaplanoglu
producer =Semih Kaplanoğlu, Lilette Botassi
runtime =97 minutes
distributor =
released =2007
country =TUR/GRE
language =Turkish
imdb_id =1021004

"Egg" ( _tr. Yumurta) is an award winning Turkish drama feature film produced in 2007 and directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. It is conceived as the chronologically third installment of the "Yusuf Trilogy", after the eponymous lead character of the film. The trilogy will comprise the films titled "Egg", "Milk" and "Honey" which will be shown in reverse order. cite web
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Plot

Poet Yusuf learns about the death of his mother Zehra and goes back to his hometown, Tire, where he had not been for years. In his mother's house, a young girl, his cousin. Ayla, awaits him. Yusuf had not been aware of Ayla, who had been living with his mother for five years.

Ayla conveys Yusuf Zehra's pledge to sacrifice a lamb after her death and tells Yusuf that he has to carry out his mother's wishes. Gradually he sucumbs to the memories in the house, and the rhythms of the town, its inhabitants, and the spaces filled with ghosts.

Yusuf and Ayla set off for a saint's tomb, a couple of hours away, for the religious sacrifice ceremony that his mother had pledged. Arriving after the herd from which they had planned to purchase a lamb has gone into the mountains to graze, they are forced to spend the night in a hotel by a nearby crater lake. A wedding ceremony held at the hotel brings Yusuf and Ayla closer. While the falling snow covers guilt, they no longer head back to that old town.

Cast

* Nejat İşler as Yusuf
* Saadet Işıl Aksoy as Ayla
* Ufuk Bayraktar as Haluk
* Tülin Özen as woman in the bookstore
* Gülçin Santırcıoğlu as Gül
* Kaan Karabacak as peasant child
* Semra Kaplanoglu as Zehra

Awards

* 2007Valdivia International Film Festival - Best Director, Best Actress
* 2007 Sarajevo Film Festival - Best Actress, Heart of Sarajevo: Best Actress
* 2007 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival - Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Camera Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Behlül Dal Digitürk Jury Special Award for Young Talent, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Picture
* 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok - Best Director (Harvest of Talents competition)
* 2008 Istanbul International Film Festival - Golden Tulip, Radikal People's Choice Award

Release dates

* November 9, 2007

References

External links

* [http://altinportakal.tursak.org.tr/index.php?film=76 Golden Orange at TURSAK] tr icon
* [http://www.kaplanfilm.com/tr/ Kaplan Film] tr icon
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1021004/ International Movie Database]