Directed by:
Reha ErdemCast:
Yesim Tozan, Nurinisa Yildirim, Gülsen Tuncer, Münir Özkul, Arif Pişkin, Ertuğrul İlgin, Özcan ÖzgürPlots(1)
Reha Erdem’s first feature reveals a passionate young director obviously enchanted by the artistic possibilities of cinema: the film is naive, surreal, poetic, and shot in black and white. Yet it manages to make the most of its extremely small budget. The heroine, 11-year-old Yekta, is an orphan living in a castle-like residence on the Bosphorus. Her elderly aunt is happy to live in stories from the past. Another aunt wants her to abandon such musty old dreams and become a fine example of a “modern republican woman” like herself. Her grandfather, who was never quite able to complete the building they live in, lies ill in a mysterious room. Every night Yekta sees her dead mother pass by in a small boat. And the weird watchman who guards the abandoned church says “Dreams are for dreams.” Although shaped around an old Istanbul family myth at a time when Turkish cinema was nearly dead, the influence of the European avant-garde is palpable, and Oh, Moon quickly gained cult status. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Yesim Tozan
Best movies:
Oh, Moon! (1988)
Nurinisa Yildirim
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Oh, Moon! (1988)
The Girl Named Feriha (2011) (series)
Gülsen Tuncer
Turkey
Best movies:
Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters (2017) (series)
Oh, Moon! (1988)
Forbidden Love (2008) (series)
Münir Özkul
Turkey
Best movies:
Oh, Moon! (1988)
![Arif Pişkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/257/165257059_ac0ce9.jpg)
Arif Pişkin
Turkey
Best movies:
İstanbullu Gelin (2017) (series)
Oh, Moon! (1988)
You Do You (2023)
Ertuğrul İlgin
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Oh, Moon! (1988)
Özcan Özgür
Turkey
Best movies:
My Daughter (2018) (series)
Oh, Moon! (1988)