The Encounter (film)
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The Encounter is a 2002 Turkish-Hungarian drama film
, co-written, co-produced and directed by Ömer Kavur
, starring Uğur Polat
as a man embarking on a new life. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won five awards at the 40th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, including the Golden Orange for Best Film. It was the final film of Turkish director Ömer Kavur, who described it as, "the unadorned story of an interesting search in the midst of extraordinary circumstances with surrealistic overtones."
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...
, co-written, co-produced and directed by Ömer Kavur
Ömer Kavur
Ömer Kavur was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1974 and 2003. His film Gece Yolculuğu was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival...
, starring Uğur Polat
Ugur Polat
Uğur Polat is a Turkish actor.He was a theatre student at the Istanbul University national conservatory. He later joined the Ankara Art Theatre...
as a man embarking on a new life. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won five awards at the 40th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, including the Golden Orange for Best Film. It was the final film of Turkish director Ömer Kavur, who described it as, "the unadorned story of an interesting search in the midst of extraordinary circumstances with surrealistic overtones."