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Köprüdekiler / Men on the Bridge / Mężczyźni na moście

Production: Turkey / Germany Year: 2009

Director: Asli Özge Producer: Asli Özge, Fabian Massah Cast: Fikret Portakal, Murat Tokgöz, Umut Ilker, Cemile Ilker Sales: Wide Management Duration: 90 min

Synopsis:
Fikret (17) illegally sells roses in the traffic jam on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. At the same time, he looks for a regular job as a shop assistant. Umut (28) drives a taxi, passing the Bosphorus Bridge every day. He is newly married and his wife Cemile is impressed by the lifestyles she sees in television series. Umut wants to satisfy her, and they visit real estate agents in search of a better apartment to rent. Traffic policeman Murat (24), who comes from a small town, was recently transferred to the Bosphorus Bridge. Squeezed between millions of cars, Murat feels alone. Each night at home, he switches on his computer and looks for a girlfriend on the internet. All three live in the suburbs, and their paths only cross on the bridge. A mosaic depicting real persons exposing their lives and aspirations.

Asli Özge

She was born in 1975 in Istanbul. She graduated from the Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Film and TV Department in 1999. In 2000, she directed the short film 'Capital C', which won several awards. In 2003, she directed her first feature film 'A Little Bit of April', with the support of the German Film and TV Academy (dffb) and TV channel ZDF/3sat. In 2006 she started working on 'Men on the Bridge'. The film received the Golden Tulip for Best Film in the national competition of the Istanbul Film Festival 2009.

Filmography

2009 Köprüdekiler / Men on the Bridge 2005 Hesperos Apprentices (dok.) 2003 Ein bisschen April / A Little Bit of April (tv) 2000 Capital C (kr.m.)

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