Istanbul Tales (2005)
"Anlat Istanbul" (original title)

Directors:

Ömür Atay, Selim Demirdelen,

Writer:

Ümit Ünal

Stars:

Altan Erkekli, Özgü Namal, Mehmet Günsür

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Altan Erkekli	...	Hilmi (segment "Fareli Köyün Kavalcisi")
Özgü Namal	...	Senay (segment "Fareli Köyün Kavalcisi")
Mehmet Günsür	...	Rifki (segment "Fareli Köyün Kavalcisi")
Erkan Can	...	Darbukaci (segment "Fareli Köyün Kavalcisi")
Çetin Tekindor	...	Ihsan (segment "Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler")
Azra Akin	...	Idil (segment "Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler")
Nejat Isler	...	Ramazan (segment "Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler")
Vahide Gördüm	...	Hürrem (segment "Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler")
Hilal Arslan	...	8. Cüce (segment "Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler")
Yelda Reynaud	...	Banu (segment "Külkedisi")
Güven Kiraç	...	Mimi (segment "Külkedisi")
Sevket Çoruh	...	Recep (segment "Külkedisi")
Ismail Hacioglu	...	Fiko (segment "Külkedisi")
Bulent Carikci	...	VJ (segment "Külkedisi") (as VJ Bülent)
Hasibe Eren	...	Birsu (segment "Külkedisi")

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

istanbul turkey | city name in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

11 March 2005 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Istanbul Tales

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor) Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Constantine (2005)

User Reviews

A powerful reflection on a soured dream

For anybody interested in thinking about Turkey as a dynamic society going through a(nother) serious 'turning point' in its history, this can be an important film to watch. I noticed someone commented on this film as one of the most 'realistic' films ever made in the history. There must be some truth to this: perhaps not in any concrete sense, but in the subjective state of the person who wrote that note, and the 'realism' that spoke to him or her through this film. As exaggerated and meaningless as that claim may appear, it is important and meaningful nonetheless, because he or she lives this truth, at one level or another. For him or her this is real, and that IS real. It is wonderful the way these fairy tales find themselves translated in the underworlds of Istanbul: neither fantastic tales of Eastern Thousand and One Nights, nor happy ending fairy tales of Western symbols, these are the uncanny tales of the truly marginalized characters, 'realities', ghosts that have been pushed back into the invisible undergrounds of Turkish 'civilization quest' materialized in the name of Istanbul, this age old dream trophy of Turkish warriors. A broken bridge, a host of nightly creatures cast out of nice dreams gone bad, and the human cost that has been paid in pursuit of a mirage: it is time to wake up and follow the Ottoman tune, not across any bridges to anywhere on 'the other side', but rather, right into the running fluidity of the generous Bosporus.