Overview

Ali and Zuhal who grew up in an orphanage with a bond find themselves on the run, away from civilization and into the woods after having committed a terrible crime.

• Review

  All stories originally began from one person´s words. Ali and Zuhal are orphans left in this big world. Their situation become worse and it becomes hard for them to sustain their lives around people with no compassion. They decide to build a secret base. At first, the secret forest was their paradise, but as times goes by, they feel isolated. Can a true sanctuary exist outside the civilized world? With Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Zeki Demirkubuz, Reha Erdem is one of the major players in New Turkish Cinema. He uses poetic images and allegory to talk about one’s home and lost family. The film follows the young couple caught up in violence and then changes into a dilemma between nature and culture. Mystical and surrealistic, the vast nature and exploration of the characters internal words are all present in this great work by Erdem. [JANG Byungwon]
  

• Credit

  Director	Reha ERDEM
  Screenplay	Reha ERDEM
  Producer	Omer ATAY
  Cinematography	Florent HERRY
  Editor	Reha ERDEM
  Music	Nils FRAHM
  Sound	Herve GUYADER
  Cast	Ecem UZUN, Berke KARAER, Melisa AKMAN, Murat DENIZ, Ayta SOZERI

Director

Reha ERDEM

Born in 1960, Istanbul, he graduated from Cinema Department of Paris 8 University. He also obtained an M.A. in Plastic Arts at the same univ ersity and directed his first feature film, Oh, Moon!(1989). He has since won multiple awards with titles such as Times and Winds(2006), My Only Sunshine(2009) and Kosmos(2010). His two most recent feature films prior to Big Big World were both released in 2013 to wide acclaim: Jin and Singing Women.