Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits (2011)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 1Ч 33М
Директор : Imre Azem
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Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits" tells the story of Istanbul and other Mega-Cities on a neo-liberal course to destruction. It follows the story of a migrant family from the demolition of their neighborhood to their on-going struggle for housing rights. The film takes a look at the city on a macro level and through the eyes of experts, going from the tops of mushrooming skyscrapers to the depths of the railway tunnel under the Bosphorous strait; from the historic neighborhoods in the south to the forests in the north; from isolated islands of poverty to the villas of the rich. It's an Istanbul going from 15 million to 30 million. It's an Istanbul going from 2 million cars to 8 million. It's the Istanbul of the future that will soon engulf the entire region. It's an Istanbul nobody has ever seen before.
Германия и Турция. Рассказ о судьбах шести человек, находящихся в поисках прощения и примирения. Пенсионер и вдовец Али спасается от одиночества в гамбургских борделях, пока именно там он не встречает Йетар. За те же деньги, что она зарабатывает в борделе, он приглашает её жить с ним. Неджат, образованный сын Али, преподающий германистику в гамбургском университете очень удивлён странным выбором своего упрямого отца. Только когда он узнаёт, что Йетар посылает большую часть денег своей дочери Айтан в Стамбул, чтобы профинансировать её учёбу, он начинает уважать её. Когда Йетар трагически погибает, Неджат отправляется на поиски Айтан. Но будучи политической активисткой, та уже давно сбежала из Турции и нашла приют у Лотты и её матери Сюзанны в Германии… Понадобится не одно путешествие, чтобы герои нашли друг друга… хоть и неожиданным образом.
В одном из рабочих кварталов начинается дружба еврейского мальчика Момо и пожилого мусульманина Ибрагима. Момо — сирота при живом отце, все глубже погружающемся в разрушительную депрессию. Его единственные друзья — уличные женщины, хоть немного заботящиеся о заброшенном ребенке. Иногда Момо ходит за покупками в бакалейную лавку, тесную и темную, тихий владелец которой Ибрагим, человек экзотической внешности, видит и знает явно больше, чем кажется на первый взгляд. После того, как отец окончательно оставляет Момо, Ибрагим становится единственным взрослым в жизни мальчика. Вместе они отправляются в поездку, которая изменит жизнь обоих.
Сибель — турчанка, выросшая в Гамбурге. Она своевольна и слишком любит жизнь, чтобы смириться с участью благочестивой мусульманки. Чтобы избавиться от опеки семьи, ей надо заключить фиктивный брак с земляком. Девушка выбирает Кахита.
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Maître Galip is the most poetic and powerful of Pialat's Turkish Chronicles, using the poems of Nazim Hikmet to accompany a series of evocative images of ordinary working class people in Istanbul. This was the film that Pialat himself claimed was the most complete realization of what he was aiming for with his Turkish documentaries. It's not difficult to see why this was his favorite: here he abandons the historical commentary and documentary observation of the other shorts in favor of an emotional emphasis on the lives of the poor and the unemployed.A short doc by Maurice Pialat.
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Short doc by Maurice Pialat. The first film in the series set at Turkey, Bosphore, is also the only one that was shot in color.
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Жизнь на границе полна трудностей. Крестьянам сложно обрабатывать каменистую и сухую землю и песчаные поля. Чтобы добыть средства к существованию, приходится нарушать закон. В деревне Деливиран рядом с Урфой на сирийской границе убит господин Хидира, занимавшийся незаконной перевозкой мигрантов. Сам Хидир старается держаться подальше от сомнительных поручений, но обстоятельства вынуждают его согласиться на опасную работу: тайно переправить в Сирию стадо баранов. Выбирая между нищетой и заминированной дорогой Хидир борется за свою мечту и жизнь маленького сына...
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