{"id":1343,"date":"2011-05-15T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selimgunes.com\/?p=1343\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T10:58:56","slug":"a-new-sad-story-from-black-sea-region-vercihan-ziflioglu-hurriyet-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/a-new-sad-story-from-black-sea-region-vercihan-ziflioglu-hurriyet-daily-news\/","title":{"rendered":"A new, sad story from Black Sea region \/ Vercihan Ziflio\u011flu"},"content":{"rendered":"

H\u00fcrriyet Daily News, 2011.05.15<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One of Turkey\u2019s master writers Sabahattin Ali\u2019s novel \u2018Ayran\u2019 has been adapted for the silver screen with the title \u2018Kar Beyaz\u2019 (White as Snow). The leading actor in the film is a small child living in the Artvin province of the Black Sea region. \u2018This film was my childhood dream,\u2019 says director of the award-winning film Selim Gunes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Director Selim Gunes has adapted the novel of the Turkish writer Sabahattin Ali \u201cAyran\u201d (a drink made with yogurt and water) for the silver screen. The film \u201cKar Beyaz\u201d (White as Snow), telling the story of a young child supporting his family, hit the theaters Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film was made in the Black Sea city of Artvin, where Gunes was born and grew up. The leading actor in the film is a small child from Artvin, Hakan Korkmaz. \u201cMaking this film was my childhood dream,\u201d said Gunes. \u201cI read the novel, from which the screen play is adapted, when I was a child and thought that it was a story penetrating into one\u2019s heart. The film \u2018Kar Beyaz\u2019 is a heart-wrenching tale,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film won the \u201cBest Film Music Award\u201d at the 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival last year and the Jury Special Prize at the 15th Sophia International Film Festival. Also winning lots of national awards, the film met audiences at various festivals in Turkey and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gunes said he planned each scene of the film in his mind throughout the years. \u201cWhen reading the book, I imagined a child walking alone on a remote and snowy road with a billycan on his hand. The nature was snowy and hard. Little Hasan was moving like a black spot, he was symbolizing loneliness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said before filming, he had written down the places in the film. \u201cWhen the script was done, the pieces of the puzzle were complete, too,\u201d he said, and explained the reason for the name \u201cWhite as Snow. \u201cWhite overlaps with the feeling of pureness and cleanness. I first gave thought of the title \u201cWhite as Snow \u2013 Black as Road.\u201d The blackness of the road would refer to difficulties that the child experienced but I later decided just on \u201cWhite as Snow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018I took risk in leading role\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking about the reason why the film was made in the eastern Black Sea city of Artvin, where he was born, Gunes said, \u201cIts nature is visually perfect\u201d for the region. He said films made in various regions of the country also contributed to the development of Turkey\u2019s cinema sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

The child character Hasan, played by Hakan Korkmaz, is the son of his neighbor in Artvin. \u201cWhen I first saw Hakan, I said, \u2018This is Hasan,\u2019 and thought he was the best for the film,\u201d Gunes said. \u201cHakan was inexperienced but this did not create difficulty for anyone during filming. He is a talented child. When the film was done, I realized what a big risk I took. First of all, giving the leading role in a film to a child is a risk itself. If Hakan was not a talented child, I would have had to give him up and start from the very beginning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Gunes defined Hasan in three words, saying \u201cresponsible, strong and courageous.\u201d He said, \u201cWe should remember Hasan is making his living on one hand, and playing in the snow and talking to his imaginary heroes on the other. He is a hardworking child to support his family by selling ayran after the imprisonment of his father. The only thing helping him survive is advice from his father.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another book being adapted for film is coming soon from Turkish cinema\u2019s young and award-winning director Zeki Demirkubuz. He is making Fyodor Dostoyevski\u2019s novel \u201cNotes from Underground\u201d into a feature film with a few changes and a different interpretation in the Turkish capital Ankara.<\/span><\/p>\n

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H\u00fcrriyet Daily News, 2011.05.15 One of Turkey\u2019s master writers Sabahattin Ali\u2019s novel \u2018Ayran\u2019 has been adapted for the silver screen with the title \u2018Kar Beyaz\u2019 (White as Snow). The leading actor in the film is a small child living in the Artvin province of the Black Sea region. \u2018This film was my childhood dream,\u2019 says […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3544,"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selimgunes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}