Harem Suare
{{Short description|1999 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Harem Suare
| image = Harem Suare FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Ferzan Özpetek
| producer = Abdullah Baykal
| writer = Ferzan Özpetek
Gianni Romoli
| starring = Marie Gillain
Alex Descas
| music = Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi
| cinematography = Pasquale Mari
| editing = Mauro Bonanni
| distributor = Medusa Film
| released = {{film date|1999|5|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 125 minutes
| country = Turkey
Italy
France
| language = Turkish
Italian
French
| budget = $4.1 million
}}
Harem Suare is a 1999 Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5391/year/1999.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Harem Suare |accessdate=9 October 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}
Plot
The old Safiye is telling a young woman the life that she lived during the early 1900s.[https://www.cgentertainment.it/film-dvd/harem-suare/f20144/ Harem Suarè] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210223542/https://www.cgentertainment.it/film-dvd/harem-suare/f20144/ |date=10 February 2022 }} - "Sinossi" {{in lang |it}}, Access date: 14 June 2022 The beautiful young Safiye is the favorite of the sultan, a man tormented by the crisis of the monarchy and the displacement of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Safiye is the most beautiful girl in the Sultan's harem, but she is in love with the young Nadir, a eunuch of the personal guard of the sultan.[https://www.repubblica.it/online/cinema/cannesbignardi/bignardi19/bignardi19.html Nell'harem delle donne forti e colte], La Repubblica, Irene Bignardi, 23 maggio 1999 {{in lang |it}} The two young lovers together plan a future, but the war breaks out, and the girl is forced to escape from her country. After arriving in Italy, Safiye is forced to trade on her beauty, performing on stage in theatre.
Cast
- Marie Gillain as Safiye
- Alex Descas as Nadir
- Lucia Bosé as Old Safiye
- Valeria Golino as Anita
- Malick Bowens as Midhat
- Christophe Aquillon as Sumbul
- Serra Yılmaz as Gulfidan
- Haluk Bilginer as Abdulhamit
- Pelin Batu as Cerkez Cariye
- Nilufer Acikalin as Selma (as Nilüfer Açikalin)
- Ayla Algan as Valide
- Meriç Benlioğlu
- Cansel Elcin as Journaliste
- Başak Köklükaya as Gulbahar
- Gaia Narcisi as Aliye
- Selda Özer as Guya
Bibliography
- [https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/harem-suare Harem Suare] - "Synopsis", Festival-Cannes, Access date: 14 June 2022
- [https://www.mymovies.it/film/1999/haremsuare/ Harem Suare] - "Un affresco complesso e inusuale, imperniato sul crollo dell'Impero Ottomano", Marco Chiani {{in lang |it}}, Access date: 14 June 2022
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0179841|title=Harem Suare}}
- [https://erotika.cc/harem-suare-1999-ferzan-ozpetek/ Harem Suare Trailer]
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Category:Films set in the Ottoman Empire
Category:1990s Turkish-language films
Category:1990s French-language films
Category:1990s Italian-language films
Category:Films directed by Ferzan Özpetek
Category:1999 multilingual films
Category:Italian multilingual films
Category:French multilingual films
Category:Turkish multilingual films
Category:Films scored by Pivio & Aldo De Scalzi
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