Written and Directed by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Edited by: Nevzat Disiacik
Cinematography: Ertunc Senkay
Art Direction: Ayse Akillioglu
Sound-Mix: Erkan Aktaş
Music: Serdar Keskin
Cast: Serap Aksoy, Zuhal Gencer, Fikret Kuskan, Selcuk Yontem, Ulku Duru and Feridun Koc
Production: Mavi Film
Produced by: Zeki Demirkubuz
Production Date: 1994, Turkey
35 mm / Color / 90 minutes / Aspect Ratio: 1.66
Number of Reels: 5
Footage: 2650 m
Sound: Optical-Mono
Distribution:
World Sales: Mavi Film (Turkey)
Festivals and Special Screenings:
Sanart Film (Europe)
info@sanartfilm.com
Moon and Stars Project (U.S.A.)
kaan@moonandstarsproject.org
Tulay, whose unhappy marriage is disintegrating, lives in a modern apartment complex. Halit, an employee of the complex, spies on Tulay and watches her every move. One evening, when Tulay returns home, she witnesses her maid Asli and Halit making love in her bed. This moment would be the beginning of an unconscious search for Tulay, whose daily life gradually mixes with her perceptions and fears.
Director’s Statement
I wrote most of the script in Atakoy. Since I grew up in the outskirts of Atakoy, I knew what Atakoy meant for us, for the people there. This was why I considered it to be the place for that lost person. About a month before I shot Block-C, we drove on a highway to go to a site for the film in which I had been the assistant director. All of these blocks were more visible from the highway. I really should not only say “blocks.” It was about telling the story of the highways, a newly organized life style, cars and those isolated people. The blocks gave me a feeling of cinema. This, of course, is a sense that changes with people’s tendencies and what they are affected from; it is possible that the same thing would not mean anything for someone else. This is about everyone’s own inner self and maturity. I felt that “thing”; there was no story yet. This is the characteristic of Block-C: it didn’t have a story in the classical sense. The film has a metaphysical side to it. It is a film which has scenes about situations and moments.
Excerpt from the interview with Riza Kirac. Klaket, 7. 1997.
Festivals and Awards
1995 Ministry of Culture Award (Turkey)
1995 Alexandria Film Festival (Egypt): Mention
1994 Ankara Film Festival (Turkey): Jury Special Award, Best Editing, Most Promising Director, Most Promising Script
1994 Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards (Turkey): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Zuhal Gencer), Best Supporting Actor (Selcuk Yontem)
1994 Valencia Cinema Jove Film Festival (Spain)
1994 Lisbon Biennale (Portugal)
Press
Film Society of Lincoln Center. Block-C. September 2007. Review.
Block-C. Mental Minefields: The Dark Tales of Zeki Demirkubuz. 2007. Review.
Block-C. Five Films by Zeki Demirkubuz. 2003. Review.
