Turquoise (film)

Turquoise

Theatrical Poster
Directed by Kadir Balcı
Produced by Dirk Impens
Gülin Üstün
Written by Kadir Balcı
Starring Burak Balcı
Charlotte Vandermeersch
Nihat Alptuğ Altınkaya
Tilbe Saran
Sinan Vanden Eynde
Hilal Sönmez
Music by Bert Ostyn
Cinematography Ruben Impens
Editing by Nico Leunen
Studio MMG Film & TV Production
Distributed by MMG Film & TV Production
Release date(s) 29 September 2010 (2010-09-29)
Country Belgium
Turkey
Language Flemish
Turkish

Turquoise (Turkish: Turkuaze) is a 2010 Belgian-Turkish drama film written and directed by Kadir Balcı about the identity crisis experienced by three Turkish brothers who return back to the Belgian city of Ghent after they bury their father in Istanbul. The film, which went on nationwide release across Belgium on29 September 2010 (2010-09-29), was selected for the 16th London Turkish Film Festival.[1]

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Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey and Ghent, Belgium.[2]

Release

General release

The film opened on general release in 9 screens across Belgium on6 November 2009 (2009-11-06) at number twelve in the national box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$63,177.[3]

Festival screenings

See also

References

  1. ^ "Turkish-Belgian film to hit theaters". Hüriyet Daily News. 2010-09-26. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkish-belgian-film-to-hit-theaters--2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Filming locations for Turquaze". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731230/locations. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
  3. ^ "Turquaze". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2010W40&id=_fTURQUAZE01. Retrieved 2010-09-22. 
  4. ^ "Turquoise / Turkuaz". LTFF. http://www.ltff.org.uk/feature_films/turquoise.php. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 

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