Autumn
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ozcan Alpher
Nini Levaja
Serkan Keskin
Gulefer Yenigul
Onur Saylak Yusuf
Raife Yenigul
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When he was a student in Instanbul in the 1990s, Yusuf was sent to prison for political activism in the fight for democracy. Ten years later, he is released on the grounds of ill health and goes straight to his village, in the remote heights above the Black Sea, where the only person he finds is his sick mother. His father died during his imprisonment, and his eldest sister married and moved away. Apart from his childhood friend Mikhail, Yusuf is the only young man in the village. Economic problems have driven all the others into urban areas. One evening the two friends go to a bar in the nearest town and meet a Georgian prostitute, Eka, with whom Yusuf falls in love. The young man clings to this woman as his only hope. But for Eka, Yusuf is more like a character in one of the Russian novels she likes to read, a man from another world and another era. Ultimately, their relationship proves to be impossible.
Director
Ozcan Alpher
Cast
Nini Levaja
Serkan Keskin
Gulefer Yenigul
Onur Saylak Yusuf
Raife Yenigul
Megi Kobaladze
Sibel Oz
Cihan Camkerten
Serhan Pir
Yasar Guven
Crew
F Serkan Acar
Serkan Acar
Sumru Agiryuruyen
Ozcan Alper
Thomas Balkenhol
Onok Bozkurt
Feza Caldiran
Canan Cayir
Ersin Celik
Aysenur Kolivar
Orçun Kozluca
Rasim Kurtulan
Mohamed Mokhtary
Yuri Rydahencko
Kadir Sozen
Yasemin Taskin
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Art & Essai CICAE Prize at the 2008 Locarno International Film Festival.
Released in United States August 2008
Released in United States 2009
Released in United States June 2009
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 6-16, 2008.
Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 25-April 5, 2009.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors Competition) April 23-May 7, 2009.
Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (International Showcase) June 18-28, 2009.
Released in United States August 2008 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (International Competition) August 6-16, 2008.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at New Directors/New Films Series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 25-April 5, 2009.)
Released in United States June 2009 (Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (International Showcase) June 18-28, 2009.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors Competition) April 23-May 7, 2009.)
