SIBEL
by Guillaume Giovanetti, Cağla Zencirci
synopsis
Kusköy Village, Black Sea mountains, Turkey. Sibel, 25, who became dumb during childhood, is only able to communicate by whistling. She is not married, she lives with her father, and the villagers consider her disabled. To make up for her loneliness, Sibel kills herself doing field work. One day she meets a deserter from the Turkish army hiding in the forest. For the first time, a new perspective comes to Sibel: what if she was also a woman?
international title: | Sibel |
original title: | Sibel |
country: | Turkey, France, Germany, Luxembourg |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Guillaume Giovanetti, Cağla Zencirci |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | DE 27/12/2018, CH 10/01/2019, FR 06/03/2019 |
screenplay: | Guillaume Giovanetti, Cağla Zencirci, Ramata-Toulaye Sy |
cast: | Damla Sönmez, Emin Gürsoy, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Elit Iscan, Meral Çetinkaya |
cinematography by: | Eric Devin |
film editing: | Véronique Lange |
music: | Bassel Hallak, Pi |
producer: | Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Michael Eckelt, Johannes Jancke, Lilian Eche, Christelle Henon, Marsel Kalvo, Nefes Polat, Marc Simoncini |
production: | Mars Production, Les Films du Tambour, Riva Filmproduktion, Bidibul Productions, Reborn Production |
backing: | Eurimages, CNC (FR), French-German mini co-production treaty, Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein regional fund (DE), Cofinova Sofica (FR) |
distributor: | Arsenal Filmverleih, Trigon Film, Pyramide Distribution |