01 November 2014
End of Turkish Film Festival at Bahrain National Museum
The Turkish Film festival, which lasted from 25 October – 31 October has come to end at the Conference Hall, in the Bahrain National Museum. The festival was organized by the Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with the Turkish Embassy, showcasing 6 different Turkish movies, which are My Father and My Son, the Thief, Butterfly Dream, 120, On the Way to School and Love Loves Coincidences.
Starring Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Mert Fırat and Belçim Bilgin Erdoğan, the film -- "Kelebeğin Rüyası," in Turkish -- was written and directed by the prominent filmmaker and poet Yılmaz Erdoğan. The Butterfly's Dream” tells the story of two young poets, best friends, and their struggle to survive with a backdrop of 1940's Turkey which was getting through the days of mobilization for the World War II. The film centers on the two young poets who vie for the affection of a girl through their poems. Whoever's poem the girl likes will win, and the other will step aside. In the meantime, the poets have to deal with other problems, such as disease, poverty, compulsory work in the mines and World War II.
120 is a 2008 Turkish war film directed by Murat Saraçoğlu and Özhan Eren based on the true story of 120 children who died in 1915 carrying ammunition for the Battle of Sarıkamış against the Russians during World War I. The film went on general release across Turkey on February 15, 2008 and is one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2008. The plot revolves around the Battle of Sarıkamış, when the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals for help to the people of Van, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all the men are fighting at the four corners of the empire and therefore cannot respond to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something and when the Principal of a school, who has lost a son in the war, suggests that they transport ammunition, 120 young boys aged 12 to 17 volunteer and take to the road. The movie tells the true story of the 120 boys, and their sisters and mothers left behind who wait for their return.
One year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey. The children can't speak Turkish; the teacher can't speak Kurdish and is forced to become an exile in his own country. On the Way to School is a film about a Turkish teacher who is alone in a village as an authority of the state, and about his interaction with the Kurdish children who have to learn Turkish. The film witnesses the communication problem emphasizing the loneliness of a teacher in a different community and culture; and the changes brought up by his presence in this community during his year spent among them.
