Red Istanbul

Mar 2, 2017

1h 50m

★ 5.7

Nothing is more important than love.

Overview

Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds himself in the middle of Deniz's complicated relationships, mysterious friends and stange family members. This is the first movie of Ferzan Ozpetek which is shot in Turkey after a long time. It is also based on his own book which has the same name with the movie.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

R&C Produzioni

BKM

Faros Film

RAI Cinema

Red Istanbul Trailers

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Cast

Orhan

Halit Ergenç

Neval

Tuba Büyüküstün

Deniz

Nejat İşler

Yusuf

Mehmet Günsür

Süreyya

Çiğdem Selişik Onat

Aylin

Zerrin Tekindor

Sibel

Serra Yılmaz

Ali

Reha Özcan

Betül

Ayten Gökçer

Ömer

Selim Bayraktar

Sultan

Cemre Ebüzziya

Zeynep

Yelin Bilgin

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