''Brought by the Sea'' ( tr, Denizden Gelen) is a 2010 Turkish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

, directed by

Nesli Çölgeçen Nesli Çölgeçen (born 1955, Manisa) is a Turkish film director, and screen writer. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1976. Since 1979 he has been a filmmaker. Filmography Director * Kardeşim Benim ...

, about an ex-cop who accidentally kills an African immigrant and retreats with a guilty conscience back to his hometown. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has been shown at International film festivals in Istanbul, Moscow and Adana, where it won the Grand Jury "Yılmaz Güney" Best Picture prize.

Production

The film was shot on location in the Aegean towns of

Ortaca Ortaca () is a town and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. Formerly a township depending Köyceğiz administratively, it was made into a separate district in 1987. Apart from Ortaca district center, there is one depending ...

Dalyan Dalyan is a town in Muğla Province located between the districts of Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. The town is an independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca. Dalyan achieved international ...

and

Dalaman Dalaman is a district, as well as the central town of that district, situated on the southwestern coast of Turkey, in the Muğla Province. Dalaman Stream (''Dalaman çayı'') forms much of the western border of the district, where its neighbor ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

Synopsis

Halil (Onur Saylak) is a cop who accidentally kills an African illegal immigrant; he resigns and retires with a guilty conscience back to his hometown. Jordan (Jordan Deniz Boyner) is a five-year-old boy from Ghana whose mother is killed in an accident in

as they try to cross illegally to Greece. When Halil finds Jordan, their destinies intersect.

Release

General release

The film opened on general release in 34 screens across Turkey on at number 25 in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of

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8,790.

Festival screenings

29th International Istanbul Film Festival The 29th International Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, 29. Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali) was a film festival held in Istanbul, Turkey, which ran from April 3 to 18, 2010. More than 200 films were screened in 23 categories at seven movie the ...

(April 3–18, 2010) * 32nd International Moscow Film Festival (June 17–26, 2010) * 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival

Reception

Box office

The film was in the Turkish box office charts for ten weeks and has made a total gross of

38,949.

Reviews

Emine Yıdırım, writing in

Today's Zaman ''Today's Zaman'' (Zaman is Turkish for 'time' or 'age') was an English-language daily newspaper based in Turkey. Established on 17 January 2007, it was the English-language edition of the Turkish daily '' Zaman.'' ''Today's Zaman'' included dom ...

, says this is, "a film which aims to say a lot", and, "indeed underlines the dire situation of the thousands of refugees that try to cross the borders of Turkey and Greece", but, "while achieving some of its ambitions, specifically those of the political and worldly context, ''Brought by the Sea'' unfortunately disappoints on some very crucial emotional points."

Awards

* 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival (September 20–26, 2010) Grand Jury "Yılmaz Güney" Best Picture (won)

References

External links

* for the film (Turkish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brought By The Sea 2010 films 2010 drama films Films set in Turkey Turkish drama films 2010s Turkish-language films