Synopsis
Shakespeare’s King Lear travelling on the dusty and risky roads to the remotest forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey where even drinking water can hardly reach, turns delicately into Queen Lear in the hands of a peasant-women theatre group.
Credits
| Director | Pelin Esmer |
| Producers | Pelin Esmer |
| Co-Producers | Barış Bıçakçı |
| Camera | Morteza Atabaki |
| Editing | Pelin Esmer |
| Music | Barış Diri |
| Sound | Hüseyin Can Erol |
| Sound Design | Kubilay Tok |
| Colorist | Murat Birkon |
| Camera Assistants | Çağlar Fatih |
| Music Studio | Ubormetenga |
| Post-production Studios | 1000 Volt |
| Arslanköy Village Theater Group | Behiye Yanık |
| Mersin Municipal Theatre Group | |
| General Art Director | Ahmet Arslan |
| Cast | Ahmet Aksoy |
| Musicians | Abidin Aslan (violin) |
| Technical Director | Adnan Göksu |
| Logistic Support | Mehmet Çetinkaya |
| Hair and Make-up | Merve Sakallı |
| Theatre Group Assistants | Mithat Fatih |
| Drivers | Bedrettin Yıldırım |
Technical Info
| Original Title | Kraliçe Lear |
| English Title | Queen Lear |
| Production Company | Sinefilm-Türkiye |
| Production Year | 2019 |
| Country | Türkiye |
| Genre | Feature documentary |
| Duration | 84 minutes |
| Original Film Language | Turkish |
| Sound | 5.1 Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Subtitles | English, Arabic, French, German, Spanish |
| Formats | DCP |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 |
| Poster Design | Daire |
Press
Reviews
“Queen Lear review – Turkish villagers do Shakespeare in ode to collective power of art”
11.04.2022 The Guardian
“Belgeselden kurguya Pelin Esmer sineması”
03.10.2021 Evrensel – Dilara Bilgisel
“Mubi: Werkschau Pelin Esmer”
26.02.2021 epd Film – Alexandra Seitz
“Primed : regards acérés sur ce qui agite le bassin méditerranéen”
25.11.2020 La Marseillaise – Philippe Amsellem
“Kraliçe Lear”
29.06.2020 Gazete Pencere – Erhan Karadağ
“Kraliçe Lear: ‘Bizim köyde özgüvene arsızlık derler.'”
07.06.2020 Yeni Film – Pınar Öğünç
“Wenn fünf Schauspielerinnen „King Lear“ zu „Queen Lear“ machen”
04.05.2020 Maviblau – Seda Sina
“Hayata oyunla bakmak”
25.11.2019 İZGAZETE – Batıgün Sarıkaya
“Kraliçe Lear”
23.11.2019 Orta Koltuk – Kamuran Kaya
”‘Oyun’un devamı ‘Kraliçe Lear’ gösterimde”
22.11.2019 Cumhuriyet – Sungu Çapan
“Kraliçeler yolda”
20.11.2019 Cumhuriyet – Emrah Kolukısa
“Shakespeare oynayan Toros’lu köylü kadınların hikayesi”
17.11.2019 T24 – Atilla Dorsay
“Kraliçe Lear”
16.11.2019 İleri Haber – Kaya Özkaracalar
"Oyun'a devam..."
16.11.2019 Evrensel – Şenay Aydemir
“Kraliçe Lear”
02.11.2019 Manifold – Feride Çiçekoğlu
Theses & Articles
“Sinemasal Gerçekçilik Halen Mümkün Mü? Klasik ve Güncel Kuramlar Bağlamında Günümüz Türkiye Sinemasında Gerçekçilik Eğilimleri”
2021 Ulaş Can Olgunsoy - sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi
“Tiyatronun ‘Çevirme İşi’: Pelin Esmer Filmleri Üzerinden Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Duygusal Emek”
2021 Reflektif Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Feride Çiçekoğlu, Yağmur Nuhrat
Interviews
“Sosyolojinin kamçıladığı merak duygusu, sinema yapmama büyük destek olmuştur”
29.05.2020 YA DA – Esra Ballım
“Fipadoc: ‘Queen Lear’, quand une paysanne turque devient roi”
26.01.2020 RFI – Siegfried Forster
“Kader, kısmet, Shakespeare’deki hikmet”
01.12.2019 Bir Artı Bir – Ayşegül Oğuz, Yiğit Atılgan
“Kraliçe Lear Umut Verecek”
19.11.2019 GazeteKadıköy – Gökçe Uygun
“Sanat herkese iyi gelir”
18.11.2019 Milliyet – Burçin S. Yalçın
“Pelin Esmer ile Kraliçe Lear’a Dair”
16.11.2019 Filmloverss – Murat Emir Eren, Güvenç Atsüren
”‘Oyun’dan ‘Kraliçe Lear’e…”
16.11.2019 Hürriyet Cumartesi – Uğur Vardan
“Kral Lear Toroslar’da Nasıl Kraliçe Lear’a Dönüştü” Part 2
14.11.2019 Woman TV – Aslı Öymen’le Yaşasın Sanat
“Kral Lear Toroslar’da Nasıl Kraliçe Lear’a Dönüştü” Part 1
14.11.2019 Woman TV – Aslı Öymen’le Yaşasın Sanat
“Köyde tiyatro yapan kadınların öyküsü Kraliçe Lear’dan; Suç ve Ceza Film Festivali’ne: Ekşın’da bu hafta”
14.11.2019 T24 – Muammer Brav
“Shakespeare’in Keyfini Çıkarmak”
01.11.2019 Altyazı – Aslı Ildır
"Pelin Esmer’le Kraliçe Lear’ı konuştuk: ‘Kurtarıcı bekleyen’ kadın hikayesi değil”
13.09.2019 BirGün – İmran Gökçe Şahin
Festivals & Awards
25th Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (World Premiere)
Documentary Film
26th International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey
Yılmaz Güney Award, Best Music Award, SIYAD “Cüneyt Cebenoyan” Best Film Award
Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festival, Turkey
2019 Selection
56th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey
Special Screenings
8th International Zeugma Film Festival, Turkey
Living Together Selection
13th Sinemardin International Mardin Film Festival, Turkey
2019 Selection
This Human World 12. International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria
Austrian Premiere
FIPADOC International Documentary Festival, France
International Documentary Selection
43rd Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden
Nordic Premiere: Five Continents
35th DOK.fest München, Germany
German Premiere
23rd Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, Turkey
2020 Selection: “Each has a Different Color”
28th Barcelona International Women’s Film Festival, Spain
Spanish Premiere: “Panoràmica 2020”
18th Filmmor Women’s Film Festival Online, Turkey
2020 Selection
23rd Maine International Film Festival, United States of America
2020 Selection
15th South East European Film Festival Los Angeles, United States of America
Best Documentary Award
52nd SIYAD Awards, Turkey
Best Feature Documentary Award
Orient Express Film Festival, Switzerland
2020 Selection
17th Paris Turkish Film Festival, France
2020 Selection
17th Provinziale Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
Audience Award in Documentary Film
Millenium International Documentary Film Festival, Belgium
2020 Selection
20th Türkisches Filmfestival Frankfurt, Germany
Birol Unel Special Jury Award
24th PriMed International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary & Reportage, France
Mediterranean Art, Heritage and Cultures Award
8. 8th Seattle Turkish Film Festival, United States of America
2020 Selection
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China
Nominee of Special Jury Prize
18th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, United States of America
2021 Selection
15th Filmreihe Tuepisch Tuerkisch, Germany
2021 Selection
39th International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA), Canada
Grand Jury Award
Thin Line Film Music Fest, United States of America
2021 Selection
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, United States of America
2021 Selection
26th Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco
Best Film Award
1st Izmir International Film and Music Festival, Turkey
2021 Selection
20th Le Grand Bivouac Festival, France
2021 Selection
