Cinema
On Board
Gemide
Serdar Akar · 1998
Synopsis
A sand dredger is moored in Istanbul to take on supplies. The sailor in charge of provisions is robbed of a week's wages. Captain İdris sets off with his men in search of the thieves, a group the crew believes guilty, in Laleli, according to biyografiler.com; they recover the money and bring back on board the young woman of the group, a Russian. The four sailors then keep the prisoner with them on the boat.
Context
The screenplay is by the director and Önder Çakar, who co-produced the film with Sevil Demirci; the cinematography is by Mehmet Aksın and the music by Uğur Yücel. Erkan Can plays the captain, with Naci Taşdöğen, Yıldıray Şahinler and Haldun Boysan. The film was shot at the same time as another, some of whose characters cross paths with its own, and was presented at the Critics' Week at Cannes in 1999.
Who it is for
A Turkish-language film of one hour fifty-two minutes, shown in France at a festival, with no known theatrical release.
Prizes and reception
Best director and second best film at Antalya in 1998, special jury prize at Ankara, best screenplay at Cologne.