Confession
Story
Harun, a rich and successful engineer, finds out that his wife, Nilgun, is having an affair. At first, he is reluctant to confront her and hides what he knows. Time passes with a painfully slow pace; the uncertainty is unbearable. Finally, he decides to make Nilgun confess. The night turns out to be long. As the couple, who have been married for seven years, proceed into the darkness of human-ness, it becomes impossible for them to recognize each other. Pleading mixes with violence; tears with screams.
DIRECTOR
Zeki Demirkubuz
SCRIPT
Zeki Demirkubuz
EDITING
Zeki Demirkubuz
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Zeki Demirkubuz
Art Direction
Bahar Evgin
SOUND
Ismail Karadas
MIX
Erkan Aktas
Production
Mavi Film
Produced by
Zeki Demirkubuz
PRODUCTION DATE, COUNTRY
2001, Turkey
Number of Reels
5
Footage
2650 m
Sound
Optical Mono
FILM
35 mm / Color
TIME
87 minutes
Aspect Ratio
1.85
CAST
Taner Birsel, Basak Koklukaya, Iskender Altin, Mirac Eronat, Gulgu Kutlu and Abdullah Demirkubuz
Festivals and Awards
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Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria)
2003
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Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland)
2003
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Viennale International Film Festival (Austria)
2003
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Cannes Film Festival (France): Un Certain Regard
2002
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Flanders Film Festival (Belgium)
2002
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2001
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Ankara Film Festival (Turkey): Best Director, Jury Special Award
2001
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Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards (Turkey): Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Taner Birsel)
2001
Press
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Ron Holloway. Un Certain Regard: Yazgi (Fate) and Itiraf (Confession). Kinema. 2002. Review.
2002
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Jacques Mandelbaum. “Fate” and “Confession”: Turkey in the Wake of Emotional Alienation. Le Monde.
May 26 2002
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Fate/ The Confession. Variety. Review.
May 7 2002
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Dan Fainaru. Confession. Screen International.
2002
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Andrea R. Vaucher. Cannes Doubles up on Turkish Helmer. Variety.
May 2 2002
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Damon Smith. Dark, Existential Films Top Turkish Festival. Boston Globe.
April 13 2003
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Peter Keough. Turkey Distraught. The Providence Phoenix.
April 16-22 2004
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Richard Peña. Confession. Film Society of Lincoln Center.
September 2007
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2002
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56th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Fate and Confession. Review.
2003
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Robert A. Haller. Confession: Tales About Darkness II. Five Films by Zeki Demirkubuz.
2003
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Gerard Lefort. Un Certain Regard: Zeki Demirkubuz Dissects Adultery. Review.
2002
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Berke Göl. Mental Minefields: The Dark Tales of Zeki Demirkubuz
2007