YOUNG WRESTLERS
synopsis
Living, learning, suffering for their passion: the 26 boys living at the sports academy in the Turkish province of Amasya will endure a lot to realise their wrestling dream. This documentary’s observational camera remains unobtrusive while still allowing us to experience an everyday life at close range - somewhere between camaraderie and competition.
international title: | Young Wrestlers |
original title: | Genç Pehlivanlar |
country: | Turkey, Netherlands |
sales agent: | Reservoir Docs |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mete Gümürhan |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Mete Gümürhan, Willem Baptist, Aslihan Ünaldi |
cast: | Muhammed Ceylan, Beytullah Onur, Harun Kiliç, Baran Kendirlioglu |
cinematography by: | André Jäger |
film editing: | Ali Aga, Inèz Poortinga |
music: | Barlas Tan Özemek |
producer: | Aydin Dehzad |
production: | Kaliber Film, Kaliber Film [TR], Film Alti [TR] |
backing: | Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s General Directorate of Cinema, Netherlands Film Fund |