LA BELLE INDIFFERENCE

KÜÇÜK ŞEYLER

By Kivanc SEZER

ASTEROS FILM - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2019

Onur is sacked from his job as manager of a pharmaceutical company. He’s not too bothered about being unemployed, but the same cannot be said of his wife Bahar. Onur becomes indifferent not only to her anxieties but also to the world around him. He’d rather be surrounded by zebras.

Festivals
& Awards

Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Official Selection - Competition
Seminci - Valladolid IFF 2019
Meeting Point
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Comedy
    • Countries
    • TURKEY
    • Languages
    • TURKISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 94 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kivanc SEZER
    • Writer(s)
    • Kivanc SEZER
    • Producer(s)
    • Kanat DOĞRAMACI (Asteros Film), Tolga KARAÇELIK (Karaçelik Film), Kıvanç SEZER (Zebra Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • The term la belle indifférence refers to an apparent lack of concern shown by individuals towards their given symptoms. The symptom in Onur’s case is the fact that his life is gradually coming apart at the seams. He won’t bring himself to admit that his dismissal from work could trigger a serious existential crisis, not only for him but also for his wife. She tries to be the voice of reason, continually reminding him of their dismal reality, but Onur isn’t listening. He’d rather be surrounded by more zebras. This second part of Turkish director Kıvanç Sezer’s trilogy, whose first chapter My Father’s Wings competed at the 51st Karlovy Vary IFF, employs absurd humour to examine a profoundly personal and, by extension, marital crisis – a situation that is as humourless as it is real.