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Oray

Deutschland 2017-2019 Spielfilm

In an argument with his wife Burcu, Oray pronounces the Islamic word for separation, "talaq". The Imam informs him of the consequences: Oray must now part from Burcu for three months. Oray uses the enforced break in their relationship to make a fresh start and moves to Cologne. Here, he finds a job at a flea market and seeks out a new Muslim religious community, led by the young Imam Bilal. Soon, Oray begins preaching himself; he is especially popular with the younger members of the congregation, and this makes Bilal jealous. When Burcu pays her husband a surprise visit, they realise that the break has done them good and they still love each other. Oray asks Bilal for advice. But the latter advocates a stricter interpretation of Islamic law than the imam in Oray’s community back home: pronouncing "talaq" he says, does not mean a break, but a divorce.

Director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay employs a quasi-documentary style to tell the story of an individual exhausting himself as he works his way through a religion’s complex belief system and his search for fulfilment as a human caught between his belief in love and his love for his faith.

Source: 69. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

Credits

Director

  • Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Screenplay

  • Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Director of photography

  • Christian Kochmann

Editing

  • Denys Darahan

Cast

  • Zejhun Demirov
    Oray
  • Deniz Orta
    Burcu
  • Cem Göktaş
    Bilal
  • Faris Yüzbaşıoğlu
    Tanju
  • Mikael Bajrami
    Ebu Bekir
  • Firat Barış Ar
    Abdussamed
  • Kais Setti
    Muhammed
  • Ferhat Keskin
    Süleyman
  • Şahin Eryılmaz
    Hamza
  • Ramon Machtolf
    Osman

Production company

  • filmfaust filmproduktion (Köln)

Producer

  • Claus Reichel
  • Bastian Klügel

Alle Credits

Director

  • Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Assistant director

  • Tessa Langhans

Screenplay

  • Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Director of photography

  • Christian Kochmann

Camera operator

  • Alexander Pauckner

Steadycam operator

  • Alexander Pauckner

Colour grading

  • Fabiana Cardalda

Lighting design

  • Nora Daniels

Production design

  • Jeanette Bastisch

Make-up artist

  • Henrike Huppertsberg

Costume design

  • Marisa Lattmann

Editing

  • Denys Darahan

Sound design

  • Armin Badde

Sound

  • Armin Badde

Audio mixing

  • Henning Hein

Casting

  • Kerstin Neuwirth

Cast

  • Zejhun Demirov
    Oray
  • Deniz Orta
    Burcu
  • Cem Göktaş
    Bilal
  • Faris Yüzbaşıoğlu
    Tanju
  • Mikael Bajrami
    Ebu Bekir
  • Firat Barış Ar
    Abdussamed
  • Kais Setti
    Muhammed
  • Ferhat Keskin
    Süleyman
  • Şahin Eryılmaz
    Hamza
  • Ramon Machtolf
    Osman
  • Tanju Bilir
    Riza

Production company

  • filmfaust filmproduktion (Köln)

in co-production with

  • Kunsthochschule für Medien (KHM) (Köln)

in association with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz) (Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

Producer

  • Claus Reichel
  • Bastian Klügel

Co-Producer

  • Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

Producer (TV)

  • Christian Cloos (ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel)

Executive producer

  • Claus Reichel
  • Bastian Klügel

Unit production manager

  • Daniela Dieterich

Original distributor

  • déjà-vu film UG (Hamburg)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • german films (München)

Shoot

    • 15.02.2017 - 20.03.2017: Hagen, Köln, Bergisches Land
Duration:
100 min
Format:
DCP 2K, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2019, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino;
Kinostart (DE): 30.05.2019

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Oray

Versions

Original

Duration:
100 min
Format:
DCP 2K, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 11.02.2019, Berlin, IFF - Perspektive Deutsches Kino;
Kinostart (DE): 30.05.2019

Awards

Filmplus – Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst 2019
  • Schnitt Preis, Spielfilm
IFF Berlin 2019
  • GWFF Preis, Bester Erstlingsfilm
FBW 2019
  • Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
FIRST STEPS Awards 2018
  • Götz-George-Nachwuchspreis
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/oray_de787686c82941f9b6f0c41ac0ac2aa2