Harem Suare
1999 film
- 21 May 1999 (1999-05-21)
Running time
Italy
France
Italian
French
Harem Suare is a 1999 Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
The old Safiye is telling a young woman the life that she lived during the early 1900s.[3] The beautiful young Safiye is the favorite of the sultan, a man tormented by the crisis of the monarchy and the displacement of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Safiye is the most beautiful girl in the Sultan's harem, but she is in love with the young Nadir, a eunuch of the personal guard of the sultan.[4] The two young lovers together plan a future, but the war breaks out, and the girl is forced to escape from her country. After arriving in Italy, Safiye is forced to trade on her beauty, performing on stage in theatre.
Cast
- Marie Gillain as Safiye
- Alex Descas as Nadir
- Lucia Bosé as Old Safiye
- Valeria Golino as Anita
- Malick Bowens as Midhat
- Christophe Aquillon as Sumbul
- Serra Yılmaz as Gulfidan
- Haluk Bilginer as Abdulhamit
- Pelin Batu as Cerkez Cariye
- Nilufer Acikalin as Selma (as Nilüfer Açikalin)
- Ayla Algan as Valide
- Meriç Benlioğlu
- Cansel Elcin as Journaliste
- Başak Köklükaya as Gulbahar
- Gaia Narcisi as Aliye
- Selda Özer as Guya
Bibliography
- Harem Suare - "Synopsis", Festival-Cannes, Access date: 14 June 2022
- Harem Suare - "Un affresco complesso e inusuale, imperniato sul crollo dell'Impero Ottomano", Marco Chiani (in Italian), Access date: 14 June 2022
References
- ^ "Le Dernier harem (1999) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Harem Suare". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ Harem Suarè - "Sinossi" (in Italian), Access date: 14 June 2022
- ^ Nell'harem delle donne forti e colte, La Repubblica, Irene Bignardi, 23 maggio 1999 (in Italian)
External links
- Harem Suare at IMDb
- Harem Suare Trailer
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Ferzan Özpetek
- Hamam (1997)
- Harem Suare (1999)
- The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
- Facing Windows (2003)
- Cuore Sacro (2004)
- Saturn in Opposition (2007)
- A Perfect Day (2008)
- Loose Cannons (2010)
- Magnificent Presence (2012)
- Fasten Your Seatbelts (2014)
- Red Istanbul (2017)
- Naples in Veils (2017)
- The Goddess of Fortune (2019)
- Nuovo Olimpo (2023)
- The Ignorant Angels (2022)
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