Istanbul Modern Cinema, in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy, invites Bent Hamer, a Scandinavian director known for his dark but warm fi lms and who is also popular in Turkey. Besides Norwegian productions such as Kitchen Stories, Eggs, Water Easy Reach, O’Horten, and Home for Christmas, the program also features Factotum, adapted from the novel by famous American underground writer Charles Bukowski and starring Matt Dillon. As part of this short program, a talk will be held on Thursday, October 31 with the participation of Bent Hamer and Levi Henriksen.
TALK
Thursday, 31 October, 19:00
Bent Hamer and Levi Henriksen (speakers), Müge Turan (moderator)
Factotum, 2005
USA-Norway-Denmark, 35mm, Color, 98’, English
Cast: Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei
Water Easy Reach (En dag til i solen), 1998
Spain-Norway, 35mm, 95’, Color, Norwegian-Spanish-English
Cast: Nicholas Hope, Eric Magnusson, Ingrid Rubio, Luis Cuenca
Kitchen Stories (SalmerfraKjøkkenet), 2003
Norway-Sweden, 35mm, 95’, Color, Norwegian-Swedish
Cast: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström, Reine Brynolfsson
O’Horten,2007
Norway, 35mm, 90’, Color, Norwegian
Cast: Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Githa Nørby, Bjørn Floberg
Home for Christmas (Hjemtiljul), 2010
Norway-Germany-Sweden, 35mm, 85’, Color, Norwegian
Cast: Arianit Berisha, Sany Lesmeister, Nadja Soukup
Eggs, 1995
Norway, 35mm, 86’, Color, Norwegian
Cast: Sverre Hansen, Kjell Stormoen, Leif Andree