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OUR GRAND DESPAIR (BIZIM BUYUK CARESIZLIGIMIZ)
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Completed - TURKISH - Drama - 100 minutes

Log Line

Our Grand Despair is an adaptation from Baris Bicakci's novel with the same title. Seemingly it tells the story of two men in their late thirties who fall in love with the same young girl, but it is rather more a film about the love-like intimate friendship between them.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Seyfi TEOMAN
Writer(s) : Seyfi TEOMAN, Baris BICAKCI
Cast : Ilker AKSUM, Fatih AL, Gunes SAYIN, Baki DAVRAK, Mehmet Ali NUROGLU, Taner BIRSEL

Producer(s) : Nadir OPERLI (BULUT FILM), Yamac OKUR (BULUT FILM), Titus KREYENBERG (UNA FILM), Stienette BOSKLOPPER (CIRCE FILMS)

Synopsis

Ender and Cetin, two men in their late thirties, have been close friends since high school. After being away for many years, Cetin returns to Ankara, moves in with Ender, and as such, the two realize their childhood dream.
While on holiday in Turkey, Fikret, their close friend who lives abroad, has a car accident in which his parents are killed. Since he has to go back, Fikret asks whether his sister, Nihal, can stay with them until she graduates from university.
At first, Ender and Cetin are annoyed with the presence of a third party just when their dream to live together has come true. Nihal cannot get over the trauma of losing her parents and she does not want to communicate with them. After a while, however, sharing the same house draws the three together and they soon enjoy spending time with each other. Eventually, the inevitable happens: Ender and Cetin, who act like caring and protective substitute parents for Nihal, fall in love with her; each unaware of the other’s love.

Production

Country(ies) : TURKEY

Financing plan : Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm-Germany)
Stienette Bosklopper (Circe Films-Netherlands)

Start of shooting : October 2009

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2011 Competition


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