Brought by the Sea is a 2010 Turkish drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, directed by Nesli Çölgeçen

Nesli Çölgeçen

Nesli Çölgeçen is a Turkish film director, and screen writer. He graduated from Mekteb-i Mülkiye in 1976. Since 1979 he is a film maker.- Director :*Kardeşim Benim *Züğürt Ağa *Selamsız Bandosu...

, about an ex-cop who accidentally kills an African immigrant and retreats with a guilty conscience back to his hometown. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , has been shown at International film festivals in Istanbul, Moscow and Adana, where it won the Grand Jury "Yılmaz Güney" Best Picture prize.

Production

The film was shot on location in the Aegean

Aegean Region

Aegean Region , is one of the 7 census-defined regions of Turkey, and in Western Asia.It is located in the west part of the country: bounded by Aegean Sea on the west; Marmara Region on the north;...

 towns of Ortaca

Ortaca

Ortaca is a town and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey. Formerly a township depending Köyceğiz administratively, it was made into a separate district in 1987. Apart from Ortaca district center, there is one depending township with own municipality, namely Dalyan.Ortaca is a...

, Dalyan

Dalyan

Dalyan is a town in Muğla Province located between the well-known districts of Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. The town is an independent municipality, within the administrative district of Ortaca....

 and Dalaman

Dalaman

Dalaman is a district, as well as the central town of that district, situated on the southwestern coast of Turkey, in the Muğla Province.Dalaman Stream forms much of the western border of the district, where its neighbors are Köyceğiz and Ortaca districts...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

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Synopsis

Halil is an ex-cop who accidentally kills an African immigrant and retreats with a guilty conscience back to his hometown. Meanwhile, Jordan's mother is killed in an accident in Dalyan as they try to cross over to Greece. When Halil finds Jordan, their destinies intersect.

General release

The film opened on general release in 34 screens across Turkey on at number 25 in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$8,790.

Festival screenings

• 29th International Istanbul Film Festival
  29th International Istanbul Film Festival
  The 29th International Istanbul Film Festival was a film festival held in Istanbul, Turkey, which ran from April 3 to 18, 2010. More than 200 films were screened in 23 categories at seven movie theatres including Atlas, Rüya, Beyoğlu, Sinepop, Pera Museum theaters in Beyoğlu, the Kadıköy theater...
  
   (April 3–18, 2010)
• 32nd International Moscow Film Festival (June 17–26, 2010)
• 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival
  17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival
  The International 17th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival was a film festival held in Adana, Turkey which ran from September 20 to 26, 2010. Prizes totalling 575,000 Turkish Liras were awarded in three categories and more than 200 films were shown at nine different locations, including the Cinebonus,...
  
  

Box office

The film was in the Turkish box office charts for ten weeks and has made a total gross of US$38,949.

Reviews

Emine Yıdırım, writing in Today's Zaman

Today's Zaman

Today's Zaman is one of two English-language dailies based in Turkey. Established on January 16, 2007, the newspaper's main competitor is the older Hürriyet Daily News....

, says this is, "a film which aims to say a lot", and, "indeed underlines the dire situation of the thousands of refugees that try to cross the borders of Turkey and Greece", but, "while achieving some of its ambitions, specifically those of the political and worldly context, Brought by the Sea unfortunately disappoints on some very crucial emotional points."

Awards

• 17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival
  17th Adana "Golden Boll" International Film Festival
  The International 17th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival was a film festival held in Adana, Turkey which ran from September 20 to 26, 2010. Prizes totalling 575,000 Turkish Liras were awarded in three categories and more than 200 films were shown at nine different locations, including the Cinebonus,...
  
  (September 20-26, 2010) Grand Jury "Yılmaz Güney" Best Picture (won)