FRATRICIDE
by Yilmaz Arslan
synopsis
Azad, a young Kurd, joins his elder brother Mehmet who is living in Germany, where he eams his living as a pimp. Aiming to find work, Azad leaves his family, his roots and his land. He arrives at a centre for refugees where he meets an eleven year old orphan, lbo, who is also a Kurd. A solid and affectionate friendsihip soon develops between them. Unable to get by, Azad starts doing hair-cuts in the restroom of a fast-food joint, with little lbo holding the mirror. One evening, in the underground, they come across two unpleasant young Turks who are terrorising passers-by with their highly aggressive dog. As they corne out of the station, Azad provokes them, a gesture whose consequences are to turn his life into a nightmare.
international title: | FRATRICIDE |
original title: | BRUDERMORD |
country: | Germany, Luxembourg, France |
sales agent: | Wild Bunch International |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Yilmaz Arslan |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | DE 23/02/2006, FR 12/04/2006, BE 19/07/2006 |
screenplay: | Yilmaz Arslan |
cast: | Erdal Celik, Xevat Gectan, Taies Farzan, Nurettin Celik, Bulent Buyukasik |
cinematography by: | Jean-François Hensgens |
film editing: | André Bendocchi-Alves |
art director: | Régine Constant |
costumes designer: | Marie-José Escolar |
music: | Evgueni Galperine |
producer: | Yilmaz Arslan, Eddy Géradon-Luyckx, Donato Rotunno, Eric Tavitian |
production: | Yilmaz Arslan Filmproduktion GmbH, Tarantula, Tarantula (LU), Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (FR) |
distributor: | Memento Films (FR), Frenetic (CH) |