King Lear travelling on the dusty roads to the remotest villages of Turkey turns delicately into Queen Lear in the hands of a peasant-women theatre group. California Premiere!
*Film is only available to U.S. audiences
Sixteen years ago, a handful of peasant women from the mountains of southern Turkey formed a theatre group, which later became the subject of the documentary The Play. The women acted out their own life stories in the village, and the play changed their lives. Now, they take to the road with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, travelling on the dusty and risky roads to remote, forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey that are hardly reached by drinking water. The play delicately becomes Queen Lear in the hands of the group.
California Premiere! SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Feature!*
Awards l 26th International Adan Golden Boll Film Festival 2019 Yimaz Güney Best Film, Cüneyt Cebenoyan Best Film + Best Music Score
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
Film is only available to U.S. audiences
- Year2019
- Runtime84 mins
- LanguageTurkish w/ English subtitles
- CountryTurkey
- DirectorPelin Esmer
- ScreenwriterPelin Esmer
- ProducerPelin Esmer, Dilde Mahalli
- Co-ProducerBarıs Bıçakçı, Eda Arıkan, Feride Çiçekoglu
- FilmmakerPelin Esmer
- CastBehiye Yanık, Cennet Günes, Fatma Fatih, Ümmü Kurt, Zeynep Fatih, Hüseyin Arslanköylü
- CinematographerMorteza Atabaki, Pelin Esmer
- EditorPelin Esmer, Eren Aksu
- Sound DesignKubilay Mustafa Tok
- MusicBarıs Diri
King Lear travelling on the dusty roads to the remotest villages of Turkey turns delicately into Queen Lear in the hands of a peasant-women theatre group. California Premiere!
*Film is only available to U.S. audiences
Sixteen years ago, a handful of peasant women from the mountains of southern Turkey formed a theatre group, which later became the subject of the documentary The Play. The women acted out their own life stories in the village, and the play changed their lives. Now, they take to the road with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, travelling on the dusty and risky roads to remote, forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey that are hardly reached by drinking water. The play delicately becomes Queen Lear in the hands of the group.
California Premiere! SDFF 2021 Jury Award Nominee - Best Feature!*
Awards l 26th International Adan Golden Boll Film Festival 2019 Yimaz Güney Best Film, Cüneyt Cebenoyan Best Film + Best Music Score
*Jury Awards are decided by a Jury of filmmakers, scholars, programmers, etc. However, all films are up for Audience Awards, so remember to rate the films you watch!
Film is only available to U.S. audiences
- Year2019
- Runtime84 mins
- LanguageTurkish w/ English subtitles
- CountryTurkey
- DirectorPelin Esmer
- ScreenwriterPelin Esmer
- ProducerPelin Esmer, Dilde Mahalli
- Co-ProducerBarıs Bıçakçı, Eda Arıkan, Feride Çiçekoglu
- FilmmakerPelin Esmer
- CastBehiye Yanık, Cennet Günes, Fatma Fatih, Ümmü Kurt, Zeynep Fatih, Hüseyin Arslanköylü
- CinematographerMorteza Atabaki, Pelin Esmer
- EditorPelin Esmer, Eren Aksu
- Sound DesignKubilay Mustafa Tok
- MusicBarıs Diri