Men on the Bridge

Men on the Bridge Turkish Kprdekiler is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by Asl zge. The film, which tells about the young generation who lives in the suburbs of Istanbul and come to the center of the city to make a living, follows a rose seller, a taxi driver and a traffic police officer whose lives unknowingly intersect every day on the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul. It wowed the audience in last years Locarno and London Turkish film festivals, and won Best Film awards at last years Istanbul International and Golden Cocoon film festivals, according to Emrah Gler, writing in Turkish Daily News.

At certain times of the day I traveled many times from the European side of Istanbul to the Asian side crossing the Bosporus Bridge, where there is a continuous gridlock. Often while I was sitting in the car, I photographed the illegal street hawkers, who sell to the bored drivers bananas, pretzels, water, flowers.... I recognized that police, sharedtaxi drivers and street hawkers are the ones, who are working directly at the bridge. It is a kind of microscopic view of Turkey through the social statuses of orderillegalprivate. After a while I thought I am always passing them by, why dont I go home with them once. Then I began to get to know the real protagonists.The production, which was funded by the Turkish Ministry of Culture, was not granted permission by the Turkish police authorities to feature a real police officer and so Murat Tokgz, the brother of the real policeman upon whom the character is based, koined the production to play the part, with all other police roles are acted by professionals. Producer Fabian Massah and coproducer Sevil Demirci also joined the production at the beginning of shooting, which was done on location in Istanbul, Turkey. ........

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