Project Detail

Ruptures (Kopular)

Synopsis

Inspired by a real car crash and by political rupture in 1996, part Road movie, part film noir the film challenges genre conventions to propose a post rupture female led future.
Four passengers on a journey in a black Mercedes are unaware of their significance as state archetypes: a Police Commissioner, a Politician and a Right-wing Assassin. The fourth passenger is Yenge, the only female traveller, a woman silenced by the genre conventions of her role in the film. After a rupture Yenge’s noir voiceover begins to interrupt the male characters’ forced bravado as they are haunted by the Resistant Dead – the residual movements created from stories of people refusing to be forgotten. The film’s destination, The Gossip, addresses tales of female emancipation and empowerment, where a group of female activists transcend time, geographical borders and linguistic barriers to gather in a neutral nether-realm of conversation and mutual support.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Running time
66 mins
Format
HD
Director
Brad Butler, Noorafshan Mirza 1st Feature
Producer
Brad Butler, Noorafshan Mirza
Co-Producer
Sarah Perks, Maggie Ellis
Executive Producer
Flamin, Home
Editor
Brad Butler, Noorafshan Mirza
Screenwriter
Birgül Ouz, Noor Afshan Mirza, Brad Butler
Director of Photography
Tim Sidell, Smina Bluth
Production Designer
Billur Turan
Sound
Tom Haines
Composer
Hazavuzu
Principal cast
Eyüp Sultan Aydn, Murat Erkek, Devrim Evin, Yasmine Alice

Production Status

Production Company

Turkey, UK co-production

Brad Butler, Noorafshan Mirza

Sales Company

Brad Butler, Noorafshan Mirza

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