Harem Suare

Harem Suare is a 1999 Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Harem Suare
Film poster
Directed by	Ferzan Özpetek
Written by	Ferzan Özpetek Gianni Romoli
Produced by	Abdullah Baykal
Starring	Marie Gillain Alex Descas
Cinematography	Pasquale Mari
Edited by	Mauro Bonanni
Music by	Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi
Distributed by	Medusa Film
Release date	21 May 1999 (1999-05-21)
Running time	125 minutes
Countries	Turkey Italy France
Languages	Turkish Italian French
Budget	$4.1 million
Box office	$780,000[1]

Plot

The old Safiye is telling a young woman the life that she lived during the early 1900s.^[3] The beautiful young Safiye is the favorite of the sultan, a man tormented by the crisis of the monarchy and the displacement of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Safiye is the most beautiful girl in the Sultan's harem, but she is in love with the young Nadir, a eunuch of the personal guard of the sultan.^[4] The two young lovers together plan a future, but the war breaks out, and the girl is forced to escape from her country. After arriving in Italy, Safiye is forced to trade on her beauty, performing on stage in theatre.

Cast

• Marie Gillain as Safiye
• Alex Descas as Nadir
• Lucia Bosé as Old Safiye
• Valeria Golino as Anita
• Malick Bowens as Midhat
• Christophe Aquillon as Sumbul
• Serra Yılmaz as Gulfidan
• Haluk Bilginer as Abdulhamit
• Pelin Batu as Cerkez Cariye
• Nilufer Acikalin as Selma (as Nilüfer Açikalin)
• Ayla Algan as Valide
• Meriç Benlioğlu
• Cansel Elcin as Journaliste
• Başak Köklükaya as Gulbahar
• Gaia Narcisi as Aliye
• Selda Özer as Guya

Bibliography

• Harem Suare - "Synopsis", Festival-Cannes, Access date: 14 June 2022
• Harem Suare - "Un affresco complesso e inusuale, imperniato sul crollo dell'Impero Ottomano", Marco Chiani (in Italian), Access date: 14 June 2022