Days of Fire, Love and Anarchy

Overview

In 1961, the young writer Onat Kutlar goes to Paris to study philosophy. After discovering his passion for cinema at the Cinémathèque Française he decides to found a Cinematheque in Istanbul to bring the world of art cinema to Turkey. Although the Turkish Sinematek came to a tragic end in 1980, it quickly established an intellectual film culture that continues to influence Turkey today.

Cast

Mete Akalın

Self

Cevat Çapan

Self

Atilla Dorsay

Self

Burçak Evren

Self

Mustafa Göçmen

Self

Onat Kutlar

Self (archive footage)

Seza Kutlar Aksoy

Self

Filiz Kutlar

Self

Mazlum Kutlar

Self

Ali Özgentürk

Self