the lamb kuzu turkey, germany 2014, 85’, colour director-script Kutluğ Ataman cinematography Feza Çaldıran editing Ali Aga music Can Erdoğan-Sus cast Nesrin Cavadzade, Cahit Gök, Mert Taştan, Sıla Lara Cantürk, Nursel Köse, Taner Birsel, Güven Kıraç, Emel Göksu, Erdal Yıldız, Şerif Sezer production-distribution The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks, Kutluğ Ataman, Fabian Gasmia, Henning Kamm, Ömer Rüştü Paşa Sok. No: 7 Nur Apt. D: 9 Teşvikiye Şişli 34365 Istanbul
[email protected] Eastern Anatolian village tradition requires Kutluğ Ataman (Istanbul, 27-year-old Medine to serve oven-roasted lamb 1961) won rapid acclaim at her five-year-old son, Mert’s circumcision and awards for his first feast. Poor but determined, Medine puts feature, Serpent’s Tale. the family to work cutting branches to earn Lola+Bilidikid opened something towards the price of the sheep they the Panorama section need. Ismail, Medine’s unemployed husband, of the 49th Berlinale, won the Best Film award at is worried by his wife’s assertive behaviour. New York’s The New Festival and the Jury Special Envious of the attention Mert gets, his elder Prize in Berlin. 2 Girls confirmed his position in the sister, Vicdan, makes Mert believe that if a sheep top rank of Turkish filmmakers, national and inter- isn’t found, he will be slaughtered instead. national prizes. Journey to the Moon is a full-length film which, in its installation version, forms part of A singer-prostitute arrives in town. The village Ataman’s artwork series, ‘Mesopotamian Dramatur- leader finds Ismail a job at the slaughterhouse.