AYSE
(indulgent)
From the very beginning then. With the fish.
LYDIA
(laughs, moved)
Is that part of the wedding, or is it to teach the fish how to swim?
Synopsis: A Turkish Islamic family rents the flat below theirs to Lydia, a sex worker. The upcoming friendship between her and the Turkish daughter Fatma will bring these completely opposite worlds together.
Cast: Jacqueline Blom * Kadèr Gürbüz * Zeliha Kahya * Aziz Koçak * Peter Kern * Guy Dermul.
Year:1994 | Length:21’05 | format:16mm |
Language:Dutch & Turkish | Subtitles:Eng & Fr
Screenplay: Dorothée van den Berghe
Director: Dorothée van den Berghe
DOP: Joost van Gelder
Editor: Ewin Ryckaert
Music: Charo Calvo
Production: vzw Kort!
Sound: Maarten Mees
Junus Acar
Art directors: Bart van Overberghe
Bie Boeykens
Costume designer: Colette van Landuyt
Make-up: Dominique Van Reusel
Festivals:
*Leuven: Leuven Kort, Kort Film Festival ’96
*Brussels: 22e Festival du Film ’95
*Antwerp: 7e Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen ’95
*Brugge: Cinema Novo Filmfestival ’96
*Ludwigsburg: Filmfest Ludwigsburg ’95
*Brussels: Bronks Filmfestival ’95
*Bilbao: 37e Festival Internacional de Cine de Bilbao ’95
*Utrecht: 15e Nederland Film Festival ’95
*Douarnenez: 19e Festival de Cinema de Douarnenez ’96
*Brussels: Het Grote Ongeduld ’94
Press:
*Humo:
“A truly poetic film” - Marc Didden
*Mediafilm:
“What makes Rue Verte so unique is that it is a very beautiful illustration of mutual integration, that it is possible after all. Not by denying one's own culture but rather by learning to respect the other culture”.
*Film & Televisie:
"The discovery of the '94 edition was called Dorothée van den Berghe. (…) Van den Berghe manages to portray the women with razor-sharp precision and observes the slow process of rapprochement with respect and through an endearing camera eye.”
