''Gece YolculuÄŸu'' () is a 1987 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 ...
, written, co-produced, and directed by
Ömer Kavur
Ömer Kavur (18 June 1944 – 12 May 2005) was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed fourteen films between 1974 and 2003. His film, '' Gece YolculuÄŸu'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 C ...
, featuring
Aytaç Arman
Aytaç Arman (born Veysel Ä°nce; 22 June 1949 – 26 February 2019) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1971 and 2019. He starred in the 1979 film '' The Enemy'', which won an Honourable Mentio ...
as a screenwriter traveling with his business partner around the Turkish and Greek countryside in search of a filming location which will inspire him. The film premiered in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
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section at the
41st Cannes Film Festival and was screened in competition at the 25th
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
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, where it won
Golden Orange
The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ( tr, Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most impor ...
s for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography.
Cast
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Aytaç Arman
Aytaç Arman (born Veysel Ä°nce; 22 June 1949 – 26 February 2019) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1971 and 2019. He starred in the 1979 film '' The Enemy'', which won an Honourable Mentio ...
as Ali
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Macit Koper as Yavuz
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Sahika Tekand
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Arslan Kacar
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Orhan Çagman
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Nurseli Ä°diz
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Osman Alyanak
References
External links
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1987 films
1987 drama films
Turkish drama films
1980s Turkish-language films
Films set in Greece
Films set in Turkey
Films shot in Greece
Films shot in Turkey
Films directed by Ömer Kavur
Golden Orange Award for Best Film winners
Films scored by Attila Özdemiroğlu
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