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Ömer Kavur
Born June 18, 1944 · Ankara, Türkiye
Died May 12, 2005 · aged 60
Ömer Kavur (18 June 1944 – 12 May 2005) was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed fourteen films between 1974 and 2003. His film, Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Nine years later, his film Akrebin Yolculuğu was screened in the same section at the 1997 Festival. He died on 12 May 2005, of lymphoma at his home …
Known For
The Girl on the Bridge · 1999The Girl on the Bridge
★ 7.01999
MovieDramaComedy
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
Motherland Hotel · 1987Motherland Hotel
★ 6.91987
MovieCrimeDrama
Zebercet is an obsessive man living a monotonous life in a hotel with few customers. This monotonous life changes with the arrival of a woman who does not even give her name. She stays only one night in the room she has rented and leaves the hotel to come back a week later.
The Secret Face · 1991The Secret Face
★ 6.71991
MovieRomanceDrama
A woman is searching for a face in photographs taken by a photographer. The face she hopes to meet one day belongs to a watch repairman, but the shop has long since closed.
I Love You · 1983I Love You
1983
MovieDramaRomance
As a coincidence, Murat founds his ex-love Selma after several years in his town. He would like to make up and regain her trust and love. However Selma already have a different life style.
The Lake · 1982The Lake
★ 6.31982
MovieThrillerFantasy
Nalan reminds Murat of his wife who died in the lake. After a while, Murat convinces himself that Nalan is his dead wife, Sabiha. Murat loses his sense of reality when a new man gets involved.
Night Journey · 1987Night Journey
★ 6.71987
MovieDramaMystery
A confused script writer takes refuge in the ruins of a Byzantine church at a remote village while looking for locations for his next film.
Journey on a Clock Hand · 1997Journey on a Clock Hand
★ 5.81997
MovieMysteryDrama
A Turkish watchmaker is employed to mend a village clock that has not worked for some seven years. However, what seems like a simple and un-exciting task is plunged into a web of mystery and intrigue when the watchmaker innocently witnesses the murder of a beautiful woman on his first day in the village.
Blind Man's Bluff · 1985Blind Man's Bluff
★ 6.01985
MovieDramaMystery
Meral is a divorced mother living with her six-year-old daughter Elif. One day, Elif disappears. Despite all efforts to search for her, she in not found. Meral’s former husband and lawyer Turgay take part in the search. During their investigation, Meral and Turgay become clo ser. A love relationship starts between these two loners.
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