BIG BIG WORLD

KOCA DÜNYA (BIG BIG WORLD), 2016
Turkey |DCP, Color, 101’ |Turkish
Director: Reha Erdem
Cast: Ecem Uzun, Berke Karaer, Hakan Çimenser

Ali and Zuhal have grown up in an orphanage believing they are brother and sister. When they get out of the orphanage, Ali starts working as a motorcycle mechanic, while Zuhal is adopted by an abusive family. The two youngsters, who never wanted to be separated, have now fallen into a “big big world” where conditions prevent them from coming together and where they feel they will never belong. They resort to escaping to a forest where they would be protected from all the adversities and start a life from scratch in a completely different world far away from civilization. A touching coming-of-age story, this film by Reha Erdem, a
veteran auteur of Turkish cinema, won the Special Jury Prize at the 73^rd Venice Film Festival.