72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Kraliçe Lear / Queen Lear

Pelin Esmer
Turkey      74 m.
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16 years ago peasant women living in the mountains of southern Turkey created a theatre which later turned into a film The Play. They acted out their own life stories in their village and the play changed their lives. Now they hit the road with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, travelling on the dusty and risky roads to the remotest mountain villages where even water can barely reach. On the road, their lives merge into the world of King Lear and become bound up with 'the good and the bad', 'the young and the old', 'the rich and the poor', 'the honest and the dishonest’ of the play.

Director
Pelin Esmer
Screenplay
Pelin Esmer
Production
SINEFILM (Turkey)
Pelin Esmer, Dilde Mahalli
Photography
Mortaza Atabaki, Pelin Esmer
Edition
Pelin Esmer, Eren Aksu
Cast
Arslankoy Women Theatre Group
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
74 m.
Country
Turkey
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