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Festivals and Awards:
* Berlin International Film Festival (2007): FIPRESCI Prize
* Geneva Film Festival, Switzerland (2007): Best Actor (Erkan Can)
* Asia-Pacific Film Festival (2007): Best Actor (Erkan Can)
* Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina (2007): Heart of Sarajevo Best Picture, Jury Prize for Best Film
* Istanbul International Film Festival (2007): Best Actor (Erkan Can)
* Nuremberg Film Festival “Turkey-Germany” (2007): Best Actor
(Erkan Can)
* Flanders International Film Festival, Belgium (2007)
* Tribeca Film Festival, USA (2007)
* Toronto International Film Festival (2006): Innovation Award
* Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey (2006): Best Actor (Erkan Can), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Best Screenplay, Best Make-Up, Best Laboratory, Jury Special Award (Sevil
Demirci/Producer)
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Directed
by Ozer Kiziltan
Written by Onder Cakar
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| Cast:
Erkan Can, Güven Kirac, Meray Ülgen, Öznur Kula, Erman Saban, Murat Cemcir, Settar
Tanriogen, Engin Günaydın |
2006, 96 minutes,
35mm.
In
Turkish with English subtitles
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| The name of the film, ‘Takva’, which refers to one of the basic concepts of Islamic teaching, means fear of God and avoidance of sin. The film questions whether ‘Takva’ is possible within a capitalist system. The film’s protagonist Muharrem leads an extremely humble, simple life in the isolated world he has constructed for himself. He is then offered a job by the sheikh at the lodge he frequents. The sheikh, who has noticed Muharrem’s indifference to worldly pleasures, his sense of responsibility and his utter commitment to his faith, gives him the job of collecting rent from the properties owned by the order. Despite the drawbacks, Muharrem cannot refuse the insistent sheik and agrees. However, the job forces him into moral conflicts that irreversibly disrupt the balances of his small world.
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