The Future Lasts Forever
Synopsis
Sumru is preparing a masters in ethnomusicology at Istanbul University. She settles in south-western Turkey for several months in order to study Anatolian elegies and their history. In Diyarbakir, she encountes Ahmet, who is selling pirate DVDs containing footage of interviews with Kurd survivors. Sumru is haunted by the painful memory of her first love, a Kurd who mysteriously disappeared. In Ahmet's company and in the tragic context of this war that is still not acknowledged to this day, she must confront her past and the history of her country.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Arizona Productions
- French distribution : Arizona Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Özcan Alper
- Director of Photography : Feza Caldiran
- Music Composer : Mustafa Biber
- Editors : Ayhan Ergürsel, Thomas Balkenhol, Özcan Alper, Umut Sakalloglu
- Sound Recordist : Mohammed Mokthari
- Co-producer : Guillaume De Seille
- Press Attaché (film) : Dany De Seille
- Production Designer : Tolunay Türköz
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany, Turkey
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (France, Germany, Turkey )
- Production year : 2011
- French release : 18/04/2012
- Runtime : 1 h 48 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 128.528
- Visa issue date : 27/03/2012
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby Digital
- Rating restrictions : None
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