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Red Istanbul
Theatrical release poster
İstanbul Kırmızısı
Rosso Istanbul
Directed byFerzan Özpetek
Written byFerzan Özpetek
Produced byBKM
IMAJ
R&C Produzioni
StarringHalit Ergenç
Nejat İşler
Tuba Büyüküstün
Serra Yılmaz
Mehmet Günsür
Zerrin Tekindor
Reha Özcan
Music byGiuliano Taviani
Carmelo Travia
Gaye Su Akyol[2]
Release date
  • 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)[1]
CountriesTurkey
Italy
LanguageTurkish
Budget5.5 million[3]
Box office6.3 million[4]

Red Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul Kırmızısı, Italian: Rosso Istanbul) is a 2017 film directed by Ferzan Özpetek, based on the novel written by Özpetek, published in 2013.[5][6] The film was shot in Turkish language with a cast composed entirely of Turkish actors, 16 years after his second work Harem Suare, director Özpetek came back to shoot a film in Istanbul. The film's first international promotion was held at the Rome Film Festival.[7]

Plot

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The writer Orhan Şahin returns to Istanbul after so many years to help the well-known director Deniz Soysal to write his first novel. Orhan finds himself to look with nostalgia at the places where he was born and raised, reliving the relationships with friends, family and past loves.

Cast

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Production

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The shooting was expected to begin in September 2015, but after several delays, due to the delicate social / political situation of the Turkish city, filming officially began April 12, 2016, for a total of seven weeks.[8][9] The sequences have taken place entirely in Istanbul, but in some areas, for safety reasons, it was not possible to shoot. The film cost 5.5 million Euro.

Distribution

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The film has been released in Italian language in Italy on 2 March 2017, while in Turkey it was released on March 3.[1][10][11][9] It was distributed by 01 Distribution in Italy and by Mars Dağıtım in Turkey.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "'İstanbul Kırmızısı'nın tarihi netleşti". Milliyet (in Turkish). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Gaye Su Akyol'un "İstanbul Kırmızısı" filmi için bestelediği şarkı yayınlandı". bantmag. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ ""İstanbul Kırmızısı" Berlin yolunda mı?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 25 October 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ "İstanbul Kırmızısı" (in Turkish). Box Office Türkiye. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. ^ Ferzan Özpetek: 'İstanbul Kırmızısı' filmimde beni Nejat İşler oynuyor | t24.com.tr/
  6. ^ Valerio Cappelli (11 June 2016). "Il ritorno a casa di Ozpetek: il primo vero film turco". corriere.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Özpetek yeni filmini İtalya'da tanıttı" (in Turkish). TRT Haber. Anadolu Agency. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. ^ "İstanbul Kırmızısı İçin Start Verildi!". Beyazperde (in Turkish). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b "İstanbul Kırmızısı'nın çekimleri bitti". magazingo.com (in Turkish). 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ^ "İstanbul Kırmızısı" (in Turkish). Box Office Türkiye. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  11. ^ "İstanbul Kırmızısı'nın İtalya tanıtımı yapıldı". Doğan News Agency (in Turkish). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Rosso Istanbul è attualmente in programmazione" (in Italian). comingsoon.it. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  13. ^ "İstanbul Kırmızısı". Sadibey.com (in Turkish). 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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