Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Competition 2019
TUR/DEU/NLD/GRC 2019
by: Emin Alper
Cemre Ebüzziya
Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Competition 2019
TUR/DEU/NLD/GRC 2019
by: Emin Alper
Cemre Ebüzziya
Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Competition 2019
TUR/DEU/NLD/GRC 2019
by: Emin Alper
Kayhan Açıkgöz, Müfit Kayacan, Cemre Ebüzziya, Helin Kandemir
Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Competition 2019
TUR/DEU/NLD/GRC 2019
by: Emin Alper
Ece Yüksel, Müfit Kayacan
Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Competition 2019
TUR/DEU/NLD/GRC 2019
by: Emin Alper
Helin Kandemir
Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Competition 2019
TUR/DEU/NLD/GRC 2019
by: Emin Alper
Emin Alper
Feb 11, 2019Ece Yüksel, Cemre Ebüzziya, Helin Kandemir
The actresses on the Red Carpet.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Dieter Kosslick, Thomas Hailer
The Festival Director and the Berlinale curator at the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Filmteam, Dieter Kosslick
At the premiere.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Emin Alper
The director of the Turkish film at the premiere.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Cemre Ebüzziya
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Ece Yüksel
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir
The actresses in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Emin Alper
The director at the Press Conference.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Helin Kandemir, Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel
The actresses at the Press Conference.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Helin Kandemir, Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel
The actresses at the Photo Call.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Kayhan Açıkgöz, Kubilay Tunçer
The actors at the Press Conference.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Müfit Kayacan
The actor at the Press Conference.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Emin Alper
The director giving an interview at the Red Carpet.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Helin Kandemir, Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel
The actresses signing their Star Portrait in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Helin Kandemir
The actress at the premiere in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Feb 11, 2019Ece Yüksel
The actress at the premiere.
Competition – Kız Kardeşler | A Tale of Three Sisters
Müfit Kayacan, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir (Actors), Emin Alper (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), Cemre Ebüzziya, Kayhan Açıkgöz, Kubilay Tunçer (Actors), Emre Erkmen (Cinematography)
Moderation: Vincenzo Bugno
Press Conference at full lengthThe three sisters Reyhan (20), Nurhan (16) and Havva (13) all live with their father in a remote village in central Anatolia. One after the other they were sent away to town to work as housemaids, but each of them has now returned. The last of the sisters to do so is Nurhan. She beat the local doctor’s son because he wet his bed every night. When Reyhan returned home pregnant, her father hastily married her off to the shepherd, Veysel. One day, the inebriated Veysel rises up against the village elder; his actions have dramatic consequences. Even if the dream of a better future does not come true for any of these young women and they always seem to be getting into arguments with each other, they nonetheless steadfastly stick together. While they wait for the snow-covered roads to become passable again, father and daughters pass the time with stories.
Emin Alper, who grew up in the Anatolian mountains himself, unfolds his fairy tale in haunting images. He portrays a society in which neither women nor men have a chance to break their predetermined cycle, and yet he still leaves room for hope.
by
Emin Alper
Turkey / Germany / Netherlands / Greece 2019
Turkish
108’ · Colour
World premiere
Cemre Ebüzziya (Reyhan)Ece Yüksel (Nurhan)Helin Kandemir (Havva)Kayhan Açıkgöz (Veysel)Müfit Kayacan (Şevket)Kubilay Tunçer (Necati)Hilmi Özçelik (Village Headman)Başak Kıvılcım Ertanoğlu (Hatice)
Born in Ermenek, Turkey in 1974, he studied economics and history at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul and has a PhD in Turkish modern history. His debut feature film Tepenin Ardi (Beyond the Hill) screened in the 2012 Forum where it won the Caligari Film Prize. His second film, Frenzy, premiered in competition at the Venice International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize. Alongside his work as a filmmaker, he teaches modern history in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Istanbul Technical University.
Filmography2012 Tepenin ardi (Beyond the Hill) 2015 Frenzy 2019 Kız Kardeşler (A Tale of Three Sisters)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Liman Filmwww.limanfilm.com
NuLook Productionwww.nulook.com.tr
The Match Factorywww.the-match-factory.com