Kuma (film)
| Kuma | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Umut Dag |
| Produced by |
Veit Heiduschka |
| Screenplay by | Petra Ladinigg |
| Story by | Umut Dag |
| Music by | Iva Zabkar |
| Cinematography | Carsten Thiele |
| Edited by | Claudia Linzer |
Production company |
Wega Film |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language |
German Turkish |
Kuma (turkish: "concubine") is a 2012 Austrian film directed by Umut Dag about a Turkish immigrant family living in Vienna.
Cast
- Nihal G. Koldas as Fatma
- Begüm Akkaya as Ayse
- Vedat Erincin as Mustafa
- Murathan Muslu as Hasan
- Alev Imak as Kezvan
- Aliye Esra Salebci as Gülsen
Reception
Kuma has won several international awards including the Special Audience Prize at the 2012 Lecce Festival of European Cinema and the Golden Starfish Award at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival. At the 2012 Philadelphia Film Festival Begüm Akkaya won Honorable Mention in the category of Best Actress. The film was nominated for Best Debut Film at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Writing for The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw rated the film three stars out of five, and described it as "strongly and honestly acted", with "a strong hint of soapy melodrama".[2] In a review for The Telegraph, Tim Robey awarded Kuma the same rating and described it as a "vigorous and engrossing debut".[3]
References
- ↑ "News", Official Kuma website, retrieved 6 September 2013
- ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (15 August 2013), "Kuma — review", The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, retrieved 6 September 2013
- ↑ Robey, Tim (15 August 2013), "Kuma, review", The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, retrieved 6 September 2013