Times and Winds

feature film, 2006

DIRECTED BY: Reha Erdem

Times and Winds

CAST:
Özkan Özen (Ömer),
Ali Bey Kayali (Yakup),
Elit Iscan (Yildiz),
Selma Ergeç (učiteljica),
Bulent Yarar (Imam)

SCRIPT:
Reha Erdem

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Florent Herry

Synopsis:
We follow one day in the lives of several twelve-year-old kids in a small Turkish village. Ömer is the son of the much respected imam of the community, who treats his son so badly that the son secretly prays for his father’s death. Yakup is in love with the village teacher, and after she finds out that Yakup’s father is also in love with her, he wishes for him to die as well. Yildiz balances between her obligations in school and at home, she takes care of her younger brother and her own mother who treats her like a slave.

color, 111 min