''Red Istanbul'' ( tr, İstanbul Kırmızısı, it, Rosso Istanbul) is a 2017 film directed by

Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza Unive ...

, based on the novel written by Özpetek, published in 2013.Ferzan Özpetek: 'İstanbul Kırmızısı' filmimde beni Nejat İşler oynuyor , t24.com.tr/
/ref> The film was shot in Turkish language with a cast composed entirely of Turkish actors, 16 years after his second work

Harem Suare ''Harem Suare'' is a 1999 Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The old Safiye is telling a young woman the life that she lived during the early 1 ...

, director Özpetek came back to shoot a film in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. The film's first international promotion was held at the Rome Film Festival.

Plot

The writer Orhan Şahin returns to

after so many years to help the well-known director Deniz Soysal to write his first novel. Orhan finds himself to look with nostalgia at the places where he was born and raised, reliving the relationships with friends, family and past loves.

Cast

Halit Ergenç Halit Ergenç (; born 30 April 1970) is a Turkish actor known for his role as Sultan Suleiman I in ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl,'' Onur Aksal in ''Binbir Gece'' and Cevdet in ''Vatanim Sensin''. Biography Halit Ergenç was born as the son of Yeşil ...

: Orhan Şahin * Tuba Büyüküstün: Neval *

Mehmet Günsür Mehmet Günsür (; born 8 May 1975) is a Turkish people, Turkish model, actor and producer. Early life Günsür was born in 1975 as the second child of a family of Tatar descent (a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic subgroup). His mother, Sibel, was ...

: Yusuf *

Nejat İşler Nejat İşler (; born 28 February 1972) is a Turkish actor and writer. He is best known for many hit films including won Cannes Film Festivale.Some of his popular series are ''Behzat Ç'', ''Gülbeyaz'', ''Bıçak Sırtı'', ''Keşanlı Ali Des ...

: Deniz Soysal *

Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1983. On a number of films she collaborated with Ferzan Özpetek. She plays the lead role in the theatre piece ''La Bastarda Di Istanbul' ...

: Sibel * Zerrin Tekindor: Aylin * Ayten Gökçer: Betül * İpek Bilgin: Güzin * Çiğdem Selışık Onat: Süreyya *

Reha Özcan Ragıp Reha Özcan (born 5 July 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role Fikri Elibol in the TV series ''Bizim Hikaye''. Life and career Ragıp Reha Özcan was born on 5 July 1965 in Bingöl, Turkey. He has a brother Serhat Özcan, ...

: Ali

Production

The shooting was expected to begin in September 2015, but after several delays, due to the delicate social / political situation of the Turkish city, filming officially began April 12, 2016, for a total of seven weeks. The sequences have taken place entirely in Istanbul, but in some areas, for safety reasons, it was not possible to shoot. The film cost 5.5 million Euro.

Distribution

The film has been released in Italian language in Italy on 2 March 2017, while in Turkey it was released on March 3. It was distributed by

01 Distribution RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ...

in Italy and by Mars Dağıtım in Turkey.

References

External links

* * {{Ferzan Özpetek 2017 films Turkish multilingual films Italian multilingual films Films directed by Ferzan Özpetek Films shot in Istanbul