Bal (Honey) – Winner of the ‘Golden Bear’ at the 60th International Film Festival Berlinale 2010 Germany. A film (Trilogy*) by S. Kaplanoglu (Turkey) *Sut – Yumurta -Bal (Milk – Egg – Honey) Director: Semih Kaplanoglu Cast: Bora Altaş, Erdal Beşikcioglu, Tülin Özen, Alev Uçarer, Ayşe Altay Staff: Script: O. Köksal, S. Kaplanoglu Section: Competition Country: Turkey, 2009-2010 Language: Turkish, German, French Time/duration: 104 min Story: Six-year-old Yusuf has just begun attending primary school where he is learning how to read and write. His father, Yakup, is a beekeeper. He goes about his trade deep inside the woods where he hangs up his bee hives in the treetops of the highest trees. The mountain forest is a place of deep mystery to Yusuf and he derives great pleasure from accompanying his father there. One morning Yusuf tells his father about a dream he had the night before. Yakup turns on him curtly telling him never to share his dreams with others. The same day, Yusuf is asked to read out a text in front of the class. He suddenly begins to stutter and he is laughed at by the rest of the class. One day the bees suddenly disappear, throwing into question the familys means of earning a living. Yakup decides to set off for the remote mountains. But no sooner has he left, than Yusuf stops speaking. His mother Zehra, who works on a tea plantation, suffers a great deal on account of her sons sudden loss of speech, but is unable to persuade him to speak. The days pass and …
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This is a short film that our Practical Skills in Production Class team, CHAPLIN COHORT worked on last semester