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With the participation of the Ottoman Empire, where different ethnic and religious groups lived together during the First World War, Jewish origin living in these lands as a minority group were also sent to the fronts to fight because of need. In this difficult situation, especially the children are in a very bad situation. Therefore, the notables of the Istanbul Jewish Community of that period bought a building with donations and opened an orphanage for children whose fathers died, who were left homeless and without a family, even though the conditions were very difficult to find a solution to this problem. The film is about a child who lived 80 years ago in this orphanage, which has served for more than 100 years, his father died at the front, and then his house burned down with his mother and siblings. Although she doesn't want to remember her childhood, she tells about the pain of the past period, the war, homelessness and the drama of losing her family and living in an orphanage.

  • Orhan Cesur
    Director
  • Orhan Cesur
    Writer
  • Orhan Cesur
    Producer
  • Sema Tecen
    Producer
  • Cumali Lavent
    Key Cast
    "Child "
  • Nejat Aşkıner
    Key Cast
    "Old man"
  • Şakir Çelik
    Key Cast
    "orphanage keeper"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    EL ORFELİNATO
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    dram, kurmaca
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    25 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Turkey
  • Country of Filming:
    Turkey
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Dijital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Orhan Cesur

ORHAN CESUR / BIOGRAPHY

Albanian-born Turkish director, screenwriter, creative director Orhan Cesur was born in 1964 in Istanbul. Educated at Istanbul University. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the "Sociology - Behavioral Sciences" department. He then completed his Master's degree in Cinema-TV department. He has carried out many works in the cinema, TV, theater and advertising sectors for about 35 years, and also worked as an academician in the field of Fine Arts and Communication during these years. He was the head of the department in the Cinema-TV branch. In addition to being a film director, Orhan Cesur, who has been involved in "Experimental theater studies" in the international dimension, has also signed some theater projects in this field. Having won many awards and honorable mentions for his works in the past years, the Director has recently turned to art projects from various disciplines in addition to these works he has been continuing for years. The director, who has shot many cinema, TV movies and serials for the Turkish domestic market, has many commercials in the past years. One of his latest works, his medium-length experimental film "Letters to Myself", which he made for an art project at the beginning of 2020, has been invited to an international conference on "art in the context of signs". This work was included in the scientific book and the film was entitled to international special screening.

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"El Orfelinato" yaklaşık yüz yıl önce yaşanmış, savaşlar ve onun ülkeye getirdiği mağduriyetler sonucu, çok zor koşullarda yaşamak durumunda kalan bir toplumun içerisinde dahil olduğu toplumla dopal olarak aynı kaderi paylaşan Yahudi azınlığın o günkü zor şartlar içerisinde bir hayata tutunma çabasını anlatmaktadır. Savaştan dönemeyen babalar, ortada evsiz, aşsız kalan aileler özellikle çocuklar ve onları hiç olmazsa yaşama tutturma çabasında olan gönüllü insanlar..Film, o yıllarda bu zorlukların yanı sıra bir imparatorluktan modern bir ülkeye dönüşme sancılarının da yaşandığı çok zorlu bu döneme bu günden geriye bir yetimhanenin kırık pencerelerinden naif bir bakışla bakmaktadır.