Taglines: A little Kurdish girl humanizes a big Turkish judge!
Big Man, Little Love – Hejar. An orphaned Kurdish child (Hejar) and a Turkish pensioner (Rıfat) are thrown together by circumstance. Rıfat, a widowed retired judge, refuses to get involved in politics. He is forced out of his solitude, when Hejar the only survivor of a police raid on his Kurdish neighbors, takes refuge at his home. Gradually, he warms up to the kid and decides to reunite her with her family.
ig Man, Little Love (Turkish: Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk, Kurdish: Hejar) is a 2001 international co-production drama film, written and directed by Handan İpekçi, about an orphaned Kurdish child and a Turkish pensioner thrown together by circumstance.
The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on October 19, 2001, won awards at film festivals in Antalya, Cairo, Cologne and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange for Best Film, and was Turkey’s submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Big Man, Little Love – Hejar (2001)
Directed by: Handan İpekçi
Starring: Şükran Güngör, Dilan Erçetin, Füsun Demirel, İsmail Hakkı Şen, Yıldız Kenter, İsmail Hakkı Şen
Screenplay by: Handan İpekçi
Production Design by: Ziya Ülkenciler, Natali Yeres
Cinematography by: Erdal Kahraman
Film Editing by: Nikos Kanakis
Costume Design by: Cem Başeski, György Homonnay
Music by: Serdar Yalçın, Mazlum Çimen
Release Date: October 19, 2001
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