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Sibel

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Rejected by her fellow villagers, a mute woman relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighboring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the village women.

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Sibel

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Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter 04/02/2019
A potent real-world feminist fable. Go to Full Review Jay Weissberg Variety 08/30/2018
The film sits in an uneasy area, wanting to reproduce real life in this "exotic" village yet forcing it into a straightjacket of primal legends and inorganic notions. Go to Full Review Arantxa Luna El antepenúltimo mohicano 04/02/2019
3/5
The film discards the stereotype in cinema where a woman in trouble needs a male figure to trigger her decisions. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Michael McNeely That Shelf 01/30/2019
Painful and honest. Go to Full Review Leonardo Goi The Film Stage 09/08/2018
B+
Perceptively, Sibel understands patriarchy as a straightjacket affecting both men and women. Go to Full Review Robert Koehler Cinema Scope 09/06/2018
Sibel ticks off so many currently hot-button-category boxes... but in the hands of co-directors Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti and co-screenwriter Ramata Sy, they mould and decay into a musty laundry list of formula items. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/27/2020 film güzeldi ancak ıslıklara altyazı eklenseydi belkide daha iyi olurdu. ve köy yaşantısını bilerek söyleyörum hepsi gerçek oruspu resmen. See more 08/04/2018 Extraordinary important movie about a strong woman who despite and because of her difference manages to push her way through a forrest of sexist and archaic rules, and vanquish her inner wolf. Absolutely brilliant and beautiful. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Guillaume Giovanetti

Director

Cagla Zencirci

Director

Damla Sönmez

Sibel

Erkan Kolcak Kostendil

Ali

Emin Gursoy

Emin

Elit Iscan

Fatma

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Movie Info

Synopsis Rejected by her fellow villagers, a mute woman relentlessly hunts down a wolf that is said to be prowling in the neighboring forest, sparking off fears and fantasies among the village women.
Director
Guillaume Giovanetti, Cagla Zencirci
Producer
Lilian Eche, Michael Eckelt, Christel Henon, Johannes Jancke
Screenwriter
Guillaume Giovanetti, Cagla Zencirci, Ramata Sy
Production Co
CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Mars Productions, Pyramide International, Eurimages, Arte, Cofinova 14, Schleswig-Holstein Film Commission, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Bidibul Productions, Luxembourg Film Fund, Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA), Les Films du Tambour, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Natexis Coficiné, La Région Île-de-France, Riva Filmproduktion, Moulin d'Andé-CECI , Reborn Production
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Turkish
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 11, 2020
Runtime
1h 35m