Başar Sabuncu
Directing
Biography
Başar Sabuncu graduated from Saint Joseph French High School. He studied theater directing in France for a while. During his theater-cinema adventure, which started with acting in 1961, he is the author of 13 theater plays, 10 film scripts, 1 TV series and 18 radio play adaptations staged on the stages of the State Theaters, Istanbul City Theatre, private theaters and abroad. Director of more than 30 theater plays, 6 cinema films and more than 100 radio play series, including the masterpieces of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Gogol, Lorca, Brecht, Genet, Nazım Hikmet and Orhan Kemal; Translator of some plays by Brecht, Genet, Marivaux and Kovacevic. The awards he won throughout this adventure: Special "homage" weeks were organized for his collected works within the scope of the British Film Institute (London 1988), the French Cinematheque (Paris 1991) and the Mediterranean Cinema Festival (Montpellier 1993); His writing and directing works in the fields of theater and cinema were awarded 24 times, 4 of which were international (London 1969, London 1988, Bastia 1989, Ohrid 1997).
Known For
A family man, driven to the edge by his inability to financially support his family, is found running about on the street naked. Suddenly, he turns into a nationwide celebrity and an inspiration for millions of people in poverty.
Naked Citizen
A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
The Baggy Trousers Case
A frigid young housewife cannot reconcile her sado-masochistic imagination with her daily life with her submissive husband. While he is at work, she starts working in the afternoons at a local, first-class brothel.
Queen of Hearts
When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.
The Honest One
The film tells the story of an old husband Hüsrev and Melek, who was first a servant and then his wife. With this marriage Hüsrev’s subconscious hidden passions are revealed.
The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged
After being released from prison, Müslüm will fulfill his dedication and sacrifice his 2.5-month-old son to God by cutting the throat of him.
The Sacrifice
A man and woman meet during the identification of their spouses' dead bodies, following a car accident. It turns out that the they had an affair with each other. Feelings like jealousy, shame, wrath that struck them at the beginning, leave their place to understanding. The man and the woman start seeing each other. First, they hesitate to start an affair, yet later they cannot control their feelings. They unite in a love affair, not caring about the values and judgments of the people around them.
Impromptu
The railway station in a small town in Western Anatolia where no birds or caravans pass, during the most active and critical days of the National War of Independence in 1921. One is the station chief, who lost his eye and the other foot on the front, and the other was left with caries, and the other was the wife of the station chief.
The Passenger
Lutfu is a cook in the mansion of the wealthy Kerim. One morning he sees that there is nobody at home. The maid is to get engaged on that day but her fiancée does not show up either. From the brother of their driver, he learns that workers are on strike and their boss Kerim has gone to Europe. Things get back to normal.
The Rich One's Kitchen
A depiction of social satire, Talihli Amele [The Lucky Worker] (1980) shows the transformation of a young man who immigrated to Istanbul to provide a better life for his family. With hopes to become a successful mason, he suddenly finds himself the star of a TV commercial. Drawing attention to the rising consumerism culture and its effects on individuals in Turkey, the film was allowed to be shown with a State Council verdict.
Talihli Amele
During World War II, Şvayk, a seemingly ordinary, hapless dog-seller, finds himself entangled with the Nazi regime.
Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı
A journalist campaigns for mayor, and after a beautiful girl asks for a ride in his car – and offers him a drink at her apartment, he forgets about his beautiful wife and his teenager son for the evening. Drugged, implicated in a murder, and with his son kidnapped…
Dişi Örümcek
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