Red Istanbul
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| Rosso Istanbul | |
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| Directed by | Ferzan Özpetek |
| Written by | Ferzan Özpetek |
| Produced by | BKM IMAJ R&C Produzioni |
| Starring | Halit Ergenç Nejat İşler Tuba Büyüküstün Serra Yılmaz Mehmet Günsür Zerrin Tekindor Reha Özcan |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
İstanbul Kırmızısı (Italian: Rosso Istanbul, Red Istanbul) is a Turkish film of 2017 directed by Ferzan Özpetek, based on the novel written by Özpetek, published in 2013. The film was shot in Turkish language with a cast composed entirely of Turkish actors, 16 years after his second work Harem Suare, director Özpetek came back to shoot a film in İstanbul. The film's first international promotion was held at the Rome Film Festival.
Plot
The writer Orhan Şahin returns to İstanbul after so many years to help the well-known director Deniz Soysal to write his first novel. Orhan finds himself to look with nostalgia at the places where he was born and raised, reliving the relationships with friends, family and past loves.
Cast
- Halit Ergenç: Orhan Şahin
- Tuba Büyüküstün: Neval
- Mehmet Günsür: Yusuf
- Nejat İşler: Deniz Soysal
- Serra Yılmaz: Sibel
- Zerrin Tekindor: Aylin
- Ayten Gökçer: Betül
- İpek Bilgin: Güzin
- Çiğdem Selışık Onat: Süreyya
- Reha Özcan: Ali
Production
The shooting was expected to begin in September 2015, but after several delays, due to the delicate social / political situation of the Turkish city, filming officially began April 12, 2016, for a total of seven weeks. The sequences have taken place entirely in İstanbul, but in some areas, for safety reasons, it was not possible to shoot. The film cost 5 million and a half Euro.
Distribution
The film has been released in Italian language in Italy on 2 March 2017 and it will be distributed by 01 Distribution, while in Turkey it has been released on March 3.