Cycle

Cycle, 2012

Turkey, 35mm, Color, 76’, Turkish

Director: Derviş Zaim

Cast: Ali Özel, Mustafa Salman, Ramazan Bayar

In his most recent film Derviş Zaim observes the real people of Anatolia and their everyday lives. Turning his camera to Hasanpaşa, a village in the province of Burdur, the director tells about the funny, and sometimes tragic stories of shepherds trapped between their beliefs and the modern world. Every year the village holds a shepherding contest in which, according to tradition, the fleeces of sheep are died red with a powder dye obtained by sifting fragments of a rock. But that year it has become harder to get hold of the red rock because of the marble quarry opened near the village. Melding documentary and fiction using fantastical elements, the film is notable for its unique narrative language.