Synopse
In the seclusion of a small Turkish village, an unusual young woman fights for her female identity. Sibel lives with her father and sister in a mountain village near the Black Sea. She has been mute since childhood, but, thanks to a regional whistled language, she can communicate. Isolated and excluded by the villagers, the young woman secretly looks for a wolf that is supposed to be in the nearby woods. During one of her forays she comes across a young deserter from the Turkish army, who sees her with completely different eyes than she is used to. But in the village the contact between the two outsiders meets with hostility.
Regie
Das französisch-türkische Paar ÇAĞLA ZENCIRCI (*1976) und GUILLAUME GIOVANETTI (*1978) macht seit 2004 zusammen Filme. Sibel ist ihr dritter Spielfilm und lief in Locarno im offiziellen Wettbewerb.
Info
Original Title: Sibel
Category: Feature
Section: Freihafen
Version & Subtitles: Turkish OV with German subtitles
Director: Çagla Zencirci, Guillaume Giovanetti
Screenplay: Ramata Sy, Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci
Cast/Protagonists: Damla Sönmez, Emin Gürsoy, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Elit İşcan, Meral Çetinkaya
Production country: Germany, France, Luxembourg, Turkey
Year of Production: 2018
Length: 95 min
Producer: Marsel Kalvo, Michael Eckelt, Lilian Eche, Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Christel Henon, Nefes Polat, Johannes Jancke
Production company: Les Films du Tambour, Riva Filmproduktion, Bidibul Productions, Mars Production, Reborn Production
Cinematography: Eric Devin
Editor: Véronique Lange
Music: Bassel Hallak
Production Design: Osman Özcan
World Sales: Pyramide International
Distributor: Arsenal Filmverleih GmbH
