Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite

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Directed by Tunç Başaran
Produced by
  • Tunç Başaran
  • Jale Onanç
Written by
  • Tunç Başaran
  • Feride Çiçekoğlu
Starring
Music by Özkan Turgay
Cinematography Erdal Kahraman
Production
company
Magnum Film
Release dates
  • 1989
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Turkey
Language Turkish

Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (Turkish: Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar) is a 1989 Turkish drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Tunç Başaran based on a story by Feride Çiçekoğlu, featuring Nur Sürer as a female political prisoners who befriends the child of a fellow inmate. The film was screened in competition at the 26th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won Golden Oranges for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, the 10th Mediterranean International Film Festival, where it won 2nd Best Film, and the 8th Istanbul International Film Festival, where it won Best Turkish Film.

When a woman is sent to prison for drug smuggling, Barış, her young son, is sent with her, as is the custom in Turkey. Inside this all-women’s penitentiary, Barış (Ozan Bilen) searches for companionship and guidance—and finds them both in the form of Inci Nur Sürer, a political prisoner with whom he forms a very special bond. A beautifully observed, tender story of the growing affection between a woman and a child who is not her own, Tunç Başaran’s film, with a screenplay by Feride Çiçekoğlu based on her novel, builds an effective counterpoint between the prison world, with its discipline, intrigues and threat of violence, and the private space Inci and Barış manage to create for themselves. Voted Best Turkish Film of the Year at the 1989 Istanbul Film Festival. Venue: Walter Reade Theater, Howard Gilman Theater

Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar | Tunç Başaran, 1989 Turkey | 100 minutes

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