''Red Istanbul'' (, ) is a 2017

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Ferzan Özpetek Ferzan Özpetek (, ; born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy since 1978. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History ...

, 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 ...

, director Özpetek came back to shoot a film in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

. 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 Yeş ...

: Orhan Şahin *

Tuba Büyüküstün Tuba Büyüküstün (; born 5 July 1982) is a Turkish actress. She is the recipient of several awards and one of Turkey's most popular and highest paid actresses. Personal life Büyüküstün is Muslim. Büyüküstün's parents are from Erzuru ...

: Neval *

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

: Yusuf *

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

: Deniz Soysal *

Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz (born 13 September 1954) is a Turkish people, 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 Bast ...

: Sibel *

Zerrin Tekindor Zerrin Tekindor (born 5 August 1964) is a Turkish actress and painter. Biography In 1985 she graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an in ...

: Aylin *

Ayten Gökçer Ayten Gökçer (; 26 January 1940 – 14 May 2024) was a Turkish actress who performed across theatre, film, and television with a career spanning from 1955 to 2017. Early life and education Ayten Gökçer was born in Ankara, Turkey ...

: Betül *

İpek Bilgin Fatma İpek Bilgin (born 24 March 1956) is a Turkish actress, theatre director and translator. Aside from her career on stage, Bilgin has appeared in various movies and TV series. She has worked for the Ankara State Theatre and first became notice ...

: Güzin *

Çiğdem Selışık Onat Çiğdem Selışık Onat (born 14 May 1939) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Selışık Onat was born in Ankara in 1939. After finishing her studies at Robert College, she enrolled in Istanbul University's School of Literature. While contin ...

: 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 Cinema S.p.A. is an Italian film production company owned by RAI, the national public broadcaster of Italy. Since its inception, the company has invested nearly €1 billion in the production of over 900 films. History Rai Cinema was forme ...

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