Our Grand Despair

Our Grand Despair (Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz)

2011/ 102'/ DCP

Director: Seyfi Teoman

Producer: Nadir Öperli, Yamac Okur

Screenplay: Seyfi Teoman, Barıs Bıcakcı

Cast: İlker Aksum, Mehmet Ali Nuroglu, Taner Birsel, Baki Davrak, Günes Sayın, Fatih Al, Selim Gürata

Language: Turkish

Awards: 16th Nurnberg Turkey/Germany Film Festival: Best Film, Film Critics award; 30th İstanbul Film Festival: Special Jury Prize

One of the entries in Berlinale competition, this bittersweet comedyportrays a long-time friendship between Ender and his pal, Cetin. Now in their late 30’s, the pair have enjoyed a very close, platonic bond since high school. An adaptation from Ankara-based author Baris Bicakci’s novel, the film is a love-triangle set in a snowy Ankara. They're soon joined by the traumatized Nihal, sister of their friend Fikret, who needs somewhere to stay following the death of her parents in a car crash. They take some time to adapt to a female presence. Before long, the inevitable happens and they are both falling in love with Nihal each unaware of the other’s love.