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The Waiting Room
(Bekleme Odasi), by Zeki Demirkubuz, 2004, RT: 94 minutes, Color, Turkey, 35mm.
Walter Reade Theater
Synopsis
The concluding film in the filmmaker’s Tales About Darkness trilogy that includes the previous two features. It tells the story of Ahmet, a widely esteemed film director but who nonetheless feels worthless and struggles to wrap up his adaptation of Dostoievsky’s Crime and Punishment. The prospect of work fills him with torpor and he is indifferent in his relationship with his girlfriend. He’s momentarily moved when he toys with the notion of casting a burglar he caught breaking into his place as the a that asks whether a man ruled by egotism and arrogance can deliberately choose positive values such as spirituality and solitude. Can the exalted status that used to be granted only to heroes, as reward for their suffering, be taken on by the selfish, morally troubled anti-hero of today?
Filmmaker's Biography
Born is Isparta in 1964. Demirkubuz is a graduate of the Istanbul University Department of Communications. He began his career as an assistant to director Zeki Okten. He followed his first film, Block C (C Blok), with Innocence (Masumiyet), The Third Page (Ucuncu Sayfa), Fate (Yazgi), Confession (Itiraf), and The Waiting Room (Bekleme Odasi). His works have mainly been based on original screenplays conceived and written by Demirkubuz himself. Demirkubuz first gained notice of film critics and international audiences with Innocence (Masumiyet), which was screened at numerous festivals and distributed in Turkey and Europe. This was followed by the successful reception of Fate (Yazgi) and Confession (Itiraf), which were both screened at Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
Festivals and Awards
2004 Istanbul Film Festival, Best Director; 2003 Antalya Film Festival: Third Best Film, Best Supporting Actress; 2004 FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Award in Valencia Film Festival.
Credits
Written and Directed by Zeki Demirkubuz.
Cast: Nurhayat Kavrak, Serdar Orcin, Ufuk Bayraktar, Nilufer Acikalin, Zeki Demirkubuz, Eda Toksöz.
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