Hejar (film)

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Hejar
Directed by	Handan İpekçi
Written by	Handan İpekçi
Music by	Mazlum Çimen, Serdar Yalçın
Cinematography	Erdal Kahraman
Editing by	Nikos Kanakis
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Turkey
Language	Kurdish, Turkish

Hejar (Turkish: Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk, Kurdish: Hejar) is a 2001 film written and directed by Handan İpekçi. The film's Turkish title translates as "Big Man, Little Love". The film won nine awards, including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor & Actress at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, and won the People's Choice Award at the 2003 Istanbul International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Awards 4 External links

[edit] Plot

An orphaned Kurdish child (Hejar) and a Turkish pensioner (Rıfat) are thrown together by circumstance. Rıfat, a widowed retired judge, refuses to get involved in politics. He is forced out of his solitude, when Hejar the only survivor of a police raid on his Kurdish neighbors, takes refuge at his home. Gradually, he warms up to the kid and decides to reunite her with her family.

[edit] Cast

• Şükran Güngör as Rıfat Bey
• Dilan Erçetin as Hejar
• Füsun Demirel as Sakine
• Yıldız Kenter as Müzeyyen Hanım
• İsmail Hakkı Şen as Evdo Emmi

[edit] Awards

1. Golden Orange & Special Jury Awards (Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor & Actress) , Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, 2001.
2. Silver Pyramid Award, Cairo International Film Festival, 2002.
3. Best Screenplay Award, Cologne Mediterranean Film Festival, 2002.
4. People's Choice Award, Istanbul International Film Festival, 2003.

[edit] External links

• Hejar at the Internet Movie Database
• Hejar, Reviewed by Neil Smith, BBC, Jan. 2003.

Awards
Preceded by Güle Güle	Golden Orange Award for Best Picture 2001	Succeeded by Uzak

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