Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars

2017 · 74 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Documentary

Blind singer Yüksel is expecting some respectable customers, however the best musicians of the town are engaged to leave to another city for a folk dance competition, therefore Yüksel needs to locate new musicians. Hairdresser Kazım, takes photographs of people who resemble the characters in the novel Snow by Orhan Pamuk as well as streets and objects to print as postcards, but he has a hard time convincing the towns people who are not fond of the novel which is set in Kars. Three imaginary musicians, two apprentices and a child chasing a goose accompanies the searching of these two protagonists.

Directed by Rıza Sönmez · Written by Rıza Sönmez

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