Big Big World

Big Big World 

Turkey | 2016 | 101’ | Color | Turkish

Ali earns his life by working in a repair shop. The family adapted his sister Zuhal do not allow them to see each other. Ali tired of this situation takes his sister and they go faraway from İstanbul by his motorcycle. Ali and Zuhal take their first step into this big world committing a crime. It becomes impossible for them to live amongst people now, and the forest they take shelter in becomes a desert island for them. It will be a burden for the siblings to survive in wilderness in the forest and try to make money at the same time. A boy and a girl that were thrown out of the civilized world would live the entire human story from scratch.

Writer and Director: Reha Erdem

Screenplay: Reha Erdem

Director of Photography: Florent Herry

Art Director: Ömer Atay

Editing: Reha Erdem

Music: Nils Frahm

Sound Design: Reha Erdem, Herve Guyader

Cast: Ecem Uzun, Berke Karaer, Murat Deniz, Ayta Sözeri, Saygın Soysal, Hakan Çimenser, Sibel Yaptı, Melisa Akman, Gözde İpekli, Arif Pişkin, Sedat Oğuz, Sağnak Sarıbudak

Producer: Ömer Atay, Gamze Paker Mekik

Production Company: Atlantik Film

Reha Erdem

Born in Istanbul, Reha Erdem studied Cinema and Plastic Arts at Paris VIII University, after completing his education at Galatasaray High School and Boğaziçi University, and went on to direct and stage several other productions, including Jean Genet’s The Maids at Istanbul State Theatres in 1992. He then pursued his filmmaking career with films such as ‘Kaç Para Kaç’ (Run For Money) in 1999 and ‘Korkuyorum Anne’ (Mommy, I’m Scared’) in 2004, co-produced with France,  ‘Beş Vakit’ (Times and Winds) in 2006, ‘Hayat Var’ (My Only Sunshine) in 2008 and ‘Kosmos’ (Cosmos) in 2009 as co-productions with Bulgaria and Greece, and ‘Jîn’ (Jin) in 2012. In 2013, he released ‘Şarkı Söyleyen Kadınlar’ (Singing Women) as a French and German co-production. More recently, he directed ‘Koca Dünya’ (Big Big World) in 2016, and ‘Seni Buldum Ya’ (Hey There!), during the pandemic in 2020, and is currently finalizing his new feature-length film ‘Neandria’. He is also working on ‘Flux’, a project co-produced with director Deniz Tortum.

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