The Butterfly's Dream (2013 film)

The Butterfly's Dream (Turkish: Kelebeğin Rüyası) is a 2013 Turkish drama film written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan. The film was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[1][2][3][4] but it was not nominated.

The Butterfly's Dream
Film poster
Directed byYılmaz Erdoğan
Produced byNecati Akpınar
Written byYılmaz Erdoğan
StarringKıvanç Tatlıtuğ
Mert Fırat
Belçim Bilgin
Farah Zeynep Abdullah
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Music byRahman Altin
CinematographyGökhan Tiryaki
Release date
  • 22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

Rahman Altın, the composer of the score to the film won the "World Soundtrack Awards - Public Choice Award" at the 40th Film Fest Gent.

Plot

The movie starts in Zonguldak, in 1941. While two young poet Muzaffar Tayyip Uslu (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ) and Rüştü Onur (Mert Fırat) continue their civil service life in this newly modernized mining city, they also live together with art, literature, and most poetry , they have a dream to become a butterfly as to fly on sky as to become a famous poet. While the young Republic, newly rising on its feet, was trying to modernize, on the one hand, World War II was experienced in Europe in the same years. In a society where poetry and art have not yet matured, these two tuberculosis young people are trying to make all segments of society love poetry. They saw a beautiful girl Suzan Özsöy (Belçim Bilgin) and they made a bet to write poetry. Whoever's she prefers, wins the bet. Suzan likes Rustu's poem but Muzaffar wins the heart of Suzan. Muzaffer falls in love with Suzan. Suzan, who is still a high school student, becomes close friends with the two young people, despite her family's disapproval. But tuberculosis, the plague of the 1940s, is increasingly threatening the health of both young people. Muzaffer and Onur both suffer from tuberculosis. Rustu becomes very ill and admits to the hospital, Where he meets a girl Mediha Sessiz (Farah Zeynep Abdullah) who was also struggling with her illness, and falls for her.

Summary

After its release in February 2013, director Yılmaz Erdoğan's feature film Kelebeğin Rüyası (The Butterfly's Dream) was also selected by Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ömer Çelikas, as Turkey's candidate for the 2014's Academy Awards.[5] The storyline, set in the early 1940s of Turkey, revolves around two good male friends, Rüştü Onur and Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu. They are members of the Garip movement.[6] They make a living out of publishing their poems at a time when life appears hard with the World War II in its full swing across the world. The story takes a turn when both fall in love with other people and life changes for them trying to survive against social class system and religious barriers of the time, which jeopardizes their love life, their friendship and their profession.[7]

Cast

See also

References
  1. "'The Butterfly's Dream' selected by Turkish Culture Ministry for Oscars". Hurriyet. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. "Oscars: Turkey Nominates 'The Butterfly's Dream' in Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  3. "The Butterfly's Dream causes a flutter at Istanbul festival". euronews.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. "Butterfly's Dream (Turkish)". cineklik.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  5. "TURKEY NOMINATES 'KELEBEĞIN RÜYASı' FOR OSCAR'S FOREIGN FILM CATEGORY". sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  6. "Kelebek Misali Kısa Hayatlar". 16 May 2014.
  7. "The Butterfly's Dream (2013) **** Kelebegin Ruyasi London Turkish Film Festival 2013". filmuforia.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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