Three sisters Reyhan, Nurhan and Havva are reunited in the remote mountain village where they grew up with their father, after having lived as ‘besleme’ (foster child and maid) with their foster parents in the city. All three desire to return to the city as soon as possible, whether this might be achieved depends on their tactics of solidarity, competition, and on the decisions of the men around them including their father, their foster-father, and Reyhan’s husband.
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS
by Emin Alper
2019 - Completed
“A Tale of Three Sisters”, a film by Emin Alper.
A Liman Film Production in co production with Horsefly Productions, Komplizen Film and Circe Films.
World premiere in competition at the Berlinale International Film Festival.
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Emin Alper was born in 1974 in Ermenek, Karaman. Trained in economics and history at Bogazici University-Istanbul, Alper holds a PhD in Turkish Modern History. His first feature, Beyond The Hill (2012), received numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale Forum and Best Film at Asia Pacific Awards.The film has been screened at over 30 international film festivals and released in France (Memento Films) and Germany (Arsenal). His second feature Frenzy (2015) premiered at 72nd Venice Film Festival’s in Official Selection’s competition and received Jury Special Prize. Frenzy has also been a recipient of Jury Grand Prize at 9th Asica Pacific Screen Awards. Aside from his filmmaking career, Emin Alper teaches modern history in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Istanbul Technical University.
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Written and directed by Emin Alper
Producers Nadir Öperli, Enis Köstepen
Co-producers Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Stienette Bosklopper
Cast Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Kayhan Açikgöz, Müfit Kayacan, Kubilay Tunçer, Hilmi Özçelik, Başak Kivilcim Ertanoğlu
Associate Producers Alexander Bohr, Nikos Moutselos, Engin Palabıyık
Director of Photography Emre Erkmen
Music Giorgos Papaioannou, Nikos Papaioannou
Editor Çiçek Kahraman
Casting Ezgi Baltaş
Production Designer İsmail Durmaz
Art Director Osman Çankırılı
Sound Marcel de Hoogd
Costume Designer Alceste Tosca Wegner
Make-up Esma Keskin
Sound Designer Jos van Galen
Re-recording mixer Nardi van Dijk
Color grading Manos Hamilakis
Supported by Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Netherlands Film Fund, Greek Film Center
In association with ZDF / ARTE
With the contribution of TWO THIRTY FIVE
developed with the support of the German-Turkish Co-production Development Fund, MIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo), Antalya Film Forum, Cinemart (International Film Festival Rotterdam), Nipkow Programm
World sales THE MATCH FACTORY
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