Love Is Colder Than Death
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Canan Gerede
Bennu Gerede
Kadir Inanir
Aysegul Unsal
Umur Turagay
Mehmet Yankir
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Under Turkish legislation, women have equal rights, but they are often subject to the unwritten law of men. Loosely based on the life story of a politically galvanizing singer who was disfigured and eventually murdered by her macho ex-husband, comes this tragic rags-to-riches story which centers on Belgin, an illiterate blonde bombshell whose vocal talents aid her in graduating from being a belly dancer in a low rent dive to becoming a singing idol of arabesque songs in contemporary Turkey. Unlike typical women of her country, Belgin is neither submissive nor silent in private--and, especially, refuses to pretend to be so, even if in public. She asks the man she loves to acccept her way of life, but pays a severe price.
Director
Canan Gerede
Cast
Bennu Gerede
Kadir Inanir
Aysegul Unsal
Umur Turagay
Mehmet Yankir
Tuncel Kurtiz
Faruk Aksoy
Crew
Faruk Aksoy
Jean Francois Auger
Canan Gerede
Canan Gerede
Fuat Guner
Albert Jurgenson
Jurgen Jurges
Onat Kutlar
Gul Oguz
Gul Oguz
Aysen Savaskan
Aysen Savaskan
Eliane Stutterheim
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Second feature outing for Canan Gerede who debuted with "Robert's Movie" (Turkey/France/Germany/1991).
Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 1996.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 3-13, 1995.
Shown at Premiers Plans European First Film Festival in Angers, France January 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
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