15° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Feature Film Competition 1997

TABUTTA RÖUASATA

SOMERSAULT IN A COFFIN
by Dervis Zaim
Country: Turkey
Year: 1996
Duration: 102'


Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives in Rumelihisar, an old section of Istanbul, and makes ends meet by getting the local fishermen to help him. Mahsun loves the cars he robs, cleans and polishes them, and drives them through the streets of Rumelihisar during the daytime.

Biography

film director

Dervis Zaim

Dervis Zaim (1964) graduated from Warwick University. He took a course in independent film production, organized in London by the Hollywood Film Institute. In 1995 his first novel won the "Yunus Nadi" literary prize. Tabutta Röusata is his debut as director and screenwriter.

FILMOGRAFIA

Tabutta Röusata (Somersault in a Coffin, 1997).

Cast

& Credits

Director and screenplay: Dervis¸ Zaim.
Director of photography: Mustafa Kus¸çu.
Editor: Mustafa Pre s¸ava.
Music: Baba Zula, Yansimalar.
Sound: Ender Akay.
Cast and characters: Ahmet Ugurlu (Mahsun), Tuncel Kurtiz (Reis), Ays¸en Aydemir, S¸erif Erol, Fuat Onan, Ahmet C¸adirci, Mahinut Benek, Nadi Güler, Figen Evren, Baris¸ C¸elikoglu.
Produttori: Ezel Akay, Dervis¸ Zaim.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Istisnai FilmIer, Eski Büyùkdere Car 75, 80670 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey.

TFF

prizes

FEATURE FILM COMPETITION 1997

Jury Special Award

AUDIENCE AWARD "ACHILLE VALDATA" 1997

Best Feature Film

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