Dûr
In 1997, the filmmaker returns to his native village to discover that not a single child’s voice is to be heard. Over the last two generations, the village has emptied. The few remaining elderly inhabitants have been abandoned as emigration has set in. They endlessly refer to those who have gone. They still recount the legends of the past and hum its nursery rhymes and songs. These are the images that the filmmaker takes back to Germany, to the scattered ones, to those who dream of the country they left. The feeling of nostalgia is intense, but at least it is finally being shared. Those in Germany sing along with the songs of a village they see only as an image. The filmmaker can now return to the village. His journey is complete for ties have been re-established.
Kazim Öz, né en 1973 à Dersim, en Turquie. Etudie le cinéma après son diplôme d’ingénieur. Travaille depuis 1996 pour le Mesopotamya Sinema Collective. Il a réalisé notamment : AX (The Land), fiction, 27 mn, 1999 Fotograf (The Photograph), fiction, 67 mn, 2001
Yapim 13 production; Mesopotamya Sinema Collective
Yapim 13 production; Mesopotamya Sinema Collective
Kazim Öz
Kazim Öz
Kazim Öz