The Particle
(orig. )
Turkey 2012
Director & script: Erdem Tepegöz
Camera: Marton Miclauzic
Editor: Mesut Ulutas
Music: Emrah Agdan, R. Okan Candemir
Art Director: Tora Aghabayova
Sound: Murat Senürkmez
Lighting: Mehmet Emin Bas
Actors: Jale Arikan, Rüçhan Çaliskur, Ergun Kuyucu
Production: Kagan Daldal - Kule Film
Distribution: Kule Film
80 Min., 35mm, Farbe, original with German subtitles
Zeynep lives in a dirty working-class area in megacity Instanbul, together with her handicapped daughter and her old mother, leading a hand-to-mouth existence. After losing her job, she takes on underpaid work in a textiles factory. The film shows Zeynep’s battle to survive as a woman and how society is disintegrating.
Erdem Tepegöz
Erdem Tepegöz (born 1982), studied economics, before he changed to Prague to study film. He worked as an assistant for Diago Fandos and Ali Özgentürk. After several natinal and international awards THE PARTICLE is his feature film debute.
Films (selction)
2007 Degneksiz Sahne Isiklari, Dokumentation
2008 Kafes, Kurzfilm
2008 Kukla Adam, Kurzfilm
2012 The Particle, Spielfilm, Moscow Filmfestival
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