Completed - TURKISH - Drama, Children's - 94 minutes
Young Ali saves up all the money he can working at a tyre repair shop to buy a coveted blue bicycle. Meanwhile, at school, his love for his schoolmate Elif leads him to defend her dismissal as school president. A story of childish love, dreams and resistance.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Ümit KÖREKEN Producer(s) : Oliver THAU (PAPERMOON FILMS GMBH), Dorota BUDNA (PAPERMOON FILMS GMBH), Ümit KÖREKEN
12-year-old Ali lives an austere life in the Anatolian countryside. He’s saving up his hard-earned money for his big dream: a brand-new, blue bicycle. When Elfi, the girl he is secretly in love with, becomes the victim of a great injustice at school, Ali takes up the passionate fight for democracy and against a system stuck in its ways.
Country(ies) : TURKEY, GERMANY
Berlinale - EFM 2016