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COLD OF KALANDAR
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Completed - TURKISH - Drama - 130 minutes

Log Line

Multiple award winning and critically acclaimed COLD OF KALANDAR masterfully conjures a unique pastoral atmosphere while lovingly nesting the challenging and magical journey of a man, his family and his life's quest.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2017 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2020 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Mustafa KARA
Writer(s) : Mustafa KARA, Bilal SERT
Cast : Haydar ŞIŞMAN, Nuray YEŞILARAZ, Hanife KARA, Ibrahim KUVVET, Temel KARA

Producer(s) : Nermin AYTEKİN

Synopsis

An Official Selection for the 2017 Academy Award
in the Best Foreign Language Picture Category

Mehmet lives in a mountain village near the Black Sea, far from modern life. He earns a living by breeding his few animals. He also passionately looks for mineral reserves on the mountains, even though his family finds this this pursuit useless. His efforts in vain, his hope is renewed by a competition. Mehmet enters the family's only bull in a prize fight in a nearby town. His hopes are dashed and the event is a total loss.   As he confronts yet another desperate situation, now ready to surrender, fate unexpectedly rewards him.

This is a masterful and emotionally compelling portrait of struggle, hardship and beauty. The story treats the interconnection of nature, animals and human beings, lifting the everyday, simple events into the realm of the sublime and the universal.

COLD OF KALANDAR was made from the heart and it speaks directly into our souls while teaching us that hope is eternal even in our darkest hour.

Production

Country(ies) : TURKEY, HUNGARY

HUNGARY Dec 08, 2016 CIRKO FILM KFT.
USA HOUSE OF FILM


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