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Kadir Inanir, Mujde Ar

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Directed by: Ömer Kavur

Release Date: January 1, 1981

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  • April 13, 2008
    Ömer Kavur, one of Turkey's most acclaimed film directors, died on May 12, 2005 at the age of 61.

    Born in Ankara in 1944, Ömer Kavur was raised in Istanbul. After studying journalism and sociology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, he went on to stu...( read more)dy film at the Conservatoire Indépendent du Cinéma Français. He started his master's in Film History at Sorbonne, but returned to Turkey before he received his degree. Kavur's The Motherland Hotel (Anayurt Oteli) is considered to be one of the best ten Turkish films of all times. Ömer Kavur received numerous awards throughout his career. Several retrospectives of his films have been held in Germany, Portugal, France, Morocco, Finland, India, Greece, Holland, and Canada. The Moon and Stars Project and Anthology Film Archives co-presented a retrospective of his films in New York in 2000. Ömer Kavur: Sculpture of Cinematic Time then toured various film centers in the United States. The same year, Robert Haller, the Director of Collections and Special Projects at Anthology Film Archives, wrote: 'Time and mystery are at the heart of all of his films. Kavur renders the world itself in precise and realistic terms, yet by the end of each feature, we are left with enigmas, secrets, unanswered questions about what is real, what is illusion, and why his characters make their choices: we are left in the presence of ultimate questions about the human condition.'

    Filmography

    1974 Yatik Emine / Emine
    1979 Yusuf ile Kenan / Yusuf and Kenan
    1981 Ah Güzel Istanbul / Oh! Beautiful Istanbul
    1981 Kirik Bir Ask Hikayesi / A Broken Love Story
    1982 Göl / Lake
    1984 Körebe / Blindfold
    1985 Amansiz Yol / Desparate Road
    1986 Anayurt Oteli / Motherland Hotel
    1987 Gece Yolculugu / Night Journey
    1991 Gizli Yüz / Secret Face
    1995 Ask Üzerine Söylenmemis Her Sey /
    Everything That Has Not Been Said About Love
    1997 Akrebin Yolculugu / Journey of the Clock Hand
    2000 Melekler Evi / House of Angels
    2002 Karsilasma / The Encounter
    2003 Beybaba (TV)
    2004 Koltuk (TV)
    2004 Patroniçe (TV)
    2004 Bes Kollu Avize (TV)

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