The woman is searching a face, but she doesn't say whose face it is or why she is after that face. She finds what she is looking for in the face of a local watchmaker and asks the photographer to find him. But the photographer looses track of both the watchmaker and the woman. He keeps searching and embarks on a strange, mysterious journey. During this trip in which dreams and reality are strangely mixed and all questions about life are abstractly asked, a bizarre game begins. The eternal search of existance and non-existance, what is searched and what is not searched within an alienated and unclear space takes them from place to place. What is it that they are searching? Is it possible to find it? Ömer Kavur, who based his film on Orhan Pamuk's novel pictured the theme of searching with various symbolisms and open to various interpretations. The film, trying to put the spectator to an active position instead of a passive one, to make him part of the ongoing search, is a highly original work.
Original Title | Gizli yüz | ||||||||||||||||||
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German Title | Das verborgene Gesicht | ||||||||||||||||||
French Title | Le visage secret | ||||||||||||||||||
Other Titles | The hidden Face | ||||||||||||||||||
Directed by | Ömer Kavur | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||
Available Formats | 35mm | ||||||||||||||||||
Screenplay | Orhan Pamuk | ||||||||||||||||||
Film Editing | Mevlut Koçak | ||||||||||||||||||
Soundtrack | Cahit Berkay | ||||||||||||||||||
Cinematography | Erdal Kahraman | ||||||||||||||||||
Décors | Sadik Deveci | ||||||||||||||||||
Production | Alfa Film Ltd., Istanbul | ||||||||||||||||||
Runtime | 114 Min. | ||||||||||||||||||
Language | Türkisch/d/f | ||||||||||||||||||
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Venedig 1991
Preis der Internationalen Kritik
Montreal
Grosser Preis der Festivals
Antalya
Bester Film
Bestes Drehbuch
Beste Schauspielerin
Bester Schauspieler
Beste Musik
Beste Montage
Fribourg
Bester Film
Publikumspreis
Ankara
Beste Regie
«Ein bewegendes Werk von absoluter Faszination und hoher Kunst.» La Corse
«Ömer Kavur hat die Fährte des sufischen Symbolismus gewählt, um, fern jeder Religiosität, dafür mit einer Bildkraft von grösster Schönheit, das Verlangen eines jungen Fotografen nach einer Art innerer Befreiung zu inszenieren, die verzweifelte Suche nach einer geheimnisvollen Frau, die ihrerseits diese Freiheit bereits erreicht hat.» Le Monde
«A partir d'un motif très réaliste, Kavur découvre une fable envoûtante, jusqu'à l'hypnose et nous conduit dans des mondes loin de la culture occidentale.» Il Tempo
«Pendant la projection, tout le monde semblait se demander où ce «Visage secret» allait nous mener, tellement son récit abracadabrant déjoue les commentaires rationnels. Omer Kavurfilme sans emphase les signes du temps qui passe et la tristesse inaltérable de personnages qui (pas plus que les spectateurs) ne savent ce qui leur arrive, mais se laissent emporter sans demander leur reste parce rêve éveillé.» Libération
«Il faut être seul, il faut avoir cette psychologie de la solitude pour trouver certaines réponses. Ce n'est donc pas une solitude en soi. Cela n'est pas quelque chose de nostalgique et de sentimental, c'est un besoin d'être seul pour réfléchir, de se couper du monde extérieur pour trouver la réalité, sa propre réalités.» Ömer Kavur
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