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Harem Ferzan Ozpetek Director Ferzan Ozpetek (Steam) explores the history of his Turkish culture in the second film in his erotica trilogy. Set in Istanbul in the early 1900's at the end of the Ottoman Empire, Harem is an epic tale of love, power and fear. The story revolves around Safiye, the sultan's favorite concubine and eventual wife, who has an affair with a eunuch, Nadir. When the empire falls and the sultan escapes without his wife, she is left with Nadir to fight under the new order. Ozpetek mixes mythology with sexuality to create a stunning film. Winner of two Italian Golden Globe awards. DVD in Turkish, French and Italian with English subtitles. Turkey/France/Italy, 1998, 105 mins. DVD $44.95
Steam: The Turkish Bath Ferzan Ozpetek A successful designer, working and living with his wife in Rome, travels to Istanbul to try to sell a building left to him by a deceased aunt. The property is actually a hamam, a traditional Turkish steam bath. Taken in by the city, he decides to keep the bath and renovate it. Along the way, he finds himself drawn to a beautiful young man who awakens new and exciting feelings within him. His newfound bliss is disturbed, however, when his wife arrives in Turkey with her own hidden agenda. Sensual imagery highlights this "...love letter to the quiet joy of finding one's place in the world" (Anita Gates, The New York Times). In Italian and Turkish with English subtitles. Italy/Turkey/Spain, 1997, 101 mins. DVD $44.95
Distant Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan has earned critical comparisons to Andrei Tarkovsky and Yasujiro Ozu on the strength of this bleakly beautiful existential meditation on loneliness and ennui. Unfolding at a seductive, glacial pace, the film follows two men, an Istanbul photographer (Muzaffer Ozdemir) and his relative Yusuf (Mehmet Emin Toprak), as they search for meaning in their intermingled lives. Ceylan's images of bleached seascapes and the crumbling industrial zones of contemporary Istanbul lend the film a cold, desperate, and extraordinary beauty. Winner of the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival (2003) and the Grand Prix and Best Actor Awards at the Cannes Film Festival (2003). The DVD is letterboxed and includes a short film by the director (Koza), interview with the director, behind-the-scenes footage, photo gallery, and trailer. In Turkish with English subtitles. Turkey, 2004, 105 mins. DVD $44.95
His Secret Life Ferzan Ozpetek After the sudden death of her husband, a woman is surprised and shocked to discover that he had a male lover throughout the entirety of their happy marriage. She confronts the lover and, as they grieve for the man they loved, a friendship emerges. Beautifully filmed in Rome, this final film in director Ferzan Ozpetec's erotic trilogy, which includes Steam: The Turkish Bath and Harem, is "lovely and touching" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). In Italian and Turkish with English subtitles. Italy/France, 2001, 106 mins. DVD $44.95
Journey to the Sun Yesim Ustaoglu Mehmet, a young man from western Turkey, and Berzan, a Kurdish rebel living in the underground, develop an unlikely friendship while living in Istanbul. When Mehmet is mistaken for a Kurd and arrested, he begins to understand his new friend's struggles, which ultimately lead to tragedy and Mehmet taking a long journey to Berzan's homeland. Stars Newroz Baz and Nazmi Qirix. Winner of the Blue Angel at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. In Turkish and Kurdish with English subtitles. Turkey/Germany/Netherlands, 1999, 104 mins. Videocassette $44.95 DVD $44.95