TARLABASI VE BEN

TARLABASI AND ME

By Marianna FRANCESE, Jaad GAILLET

JMFG PRODUCTIONS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World / PROD

Documentary - Completed 2015

After living in several places in Istanbul and doing all kinds of odd jobs since his release from prison, Mustafa moved to Tarlabasi where he became a waste picker. It is in this cosmopolitan district doomed to disappear, that he invents himself a new life...

Festivals
& Awards

!f Istanbul 2015
Love and Change
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, TURKEY, ITALY
    • Languages
    • TURKISH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 75 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marianna FRANCESE, Jaad GAILLET
    • Producer(s)
    • Jaad GAILLET (JMFG Productions), Marianna FRANCESE (JMFG Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • After living in several places in Istanbul and doing all kinds of odd jobs since his release from prison, Mustafa moved to Tarlabasi where he became a waste picker. It is in this cosmopolitan district doomed to disappear, that he invents himself a new life... The film makes us discover the picturesque neighborhood of Tarlabasi, the life of its inhabitants and an Istanbul shaken with uncertainties, as is Mustafa who awaits his acquittal to enjoy his new life.