Faruk

Faruk, a man in his nineties, increasingly becomes the protagonist in the film his daughter is making about the impending demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul. In the hope of delaying the demolition of a building he has been living in for decades, Faruk regularly attends building management meetings. As the daughter films her father, the boundaries between reality and fiction begin to blur.

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En présence de la réalisatrice.Faruk a 90 ans et vit à Istanbul. Alors que sa fille réalise un film sur la démolition imminente de son immeuble, il en devient peu à peu le personnage central. Faruk fait tout ce qu’il peut pour retarder son expropriation de l’appartement dans lequel il vit depuis des décennies. Un docu-fiction familial sur fond de gentrification à Istanbul. Lauréat du Prix FIPRESCI à la BerlinaleENG: Faruk, a man in his nineties, increasingly becomes the protagonist in the film his daughter is making about the impending demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul. In the hope of delaying the demolition of a building he has been living in for decades, Faruk regularly attends building management meetings. As the daughter films her father, the boundaries between reality and fiction begin to blur.