Question 1

What unusual emotional response does Musa have to his mother's death?

Accepted Answer

Musa feels strange joy after his mother's death, despite loving her, as he sees life as absurd and drifts with events.

Question 2

Which major film festivals featured this movie?

Accepted Answer

The film was shown at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (2001), Cannes Film Festival (2002), and Istanbul Film Festival (2002).

Question 3

What Cannes Film Festival record did this film help set with another movie?

Accepted Answer

This film and 'Itiraf' (2001) comprised the first time Cannes' Un Certain Regard programmed two full-length features by the same director, having been shot back-to-back.

Question 4

What cameo appearance does director Zeki Demirkubuz make in the film?

Accepted Answer

Zeki Demirkubuz appears sitting behind a couple in a cinema scene.

Question 5

Who plays the main character Musa in the film?

Accepted Answer

Serdar Orçin portrays the customs clerk Musa, who sees life as absurd and drifts with events.

Question 6

What is the central conflict or situation for the main character Musa?

Accepted Answer

Musa, a customs clerk who sees life as absurd, drifts through events and experiences strange joy after his mother's death, despite loving her.

Question 7

Which major film festivals featured this movie?

Accepted Answer

It was shown at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 2001, the Cannes Film Festival in 2002, and the Istanbul Film Festival in 2002.

Question 8

What unique Cannes distinction does this film share with another movie?

Accepted Answer

This film and 'Itiraf' (2001) were the first two full-length features by the same director programmed in Cannes' Un Certain Regard, shot back-to-back.

Question 9

Who plays the main character Musa?

Accepted Answer

Serdar Orçin portrays the character Musa in the film.

Question 10

What cameo appearance does the director make in the film?

Accepted Answer

Director Zeki Demirkubuz appears sitting behind a couple in a cinema scene.

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