Cinema
Otobüs
Tunç Okan · 1974
Synopsis
Nine men from the villages of Anatolia set off clandestinely for Sweden in an old bus, trusting a fellow countryman, according to the Boston festival. In Stockholm, the driver parks the vehicle in a square in the centre, takes away their passports and money and forbids them to get out; according to the Zeughauskino in Berlin, he is going to spend the money in Hamburg. Without papers or a word of Swedish, the passengers wait, in fear of being caught, until hunger drives them out of the bus.
Context
Co-produced by Turkey, Sweden and Switzerland according to the Zeughauskino, the film brings together Tuncel Kurtiz, the director himself, Björn Gedda and the writer Aras Ören; the cinematography is by Güneş Karabuda, the music by Pierre Favre, Léon Francioli and Zülfü Livaneli. Biyografiler.com says it was banned for a long time in Turkey, and Medyascope reports that some viewers accused it of humiliating the Turks. The sources date it to 1974, 1975 or 1976.
Who it is for
A film of about an hour and twenty minutes, in Turkish, Swedish and German, with no attested French release.
Prizes and reception
Best first film at Taormina, Don Quixote Prize at Karlovy Vary and a prize at Strasbourg, according to the Boston programme and an Unifrance file.
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