March 08, 2007

BIFFF: Mustafa Altioklar's SHATTERED SOUL (BEYZA'NIN KADINLARI)

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Mustafa Altioklar's Shattered Soul (Beyza'nin kadinlari) is scheduled to be screened at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (BIFFF) on April 10th. UIP Filmcilik ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti released the movie theatrically in Turkey on March 17th of last year.

As was previously reported here on Twitch, the screenplay for Shattered Soul was written by Altioklar, Nükhet Biçakçi, and Ebru Hacioglu (note: all names are written in ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1)), based on an idea by Cüneyt Ortan. The movie stars (listed order corresponds to order on official website) Tamer Karadagli, Demet Evgar, Levent Üzümcü, Arda Kural, Engin Hepileri, Berrak Tüzünataç, Asli Bayram, Haldun Boysan, Damla Basak, Yildirim Öcek, Engin Altan Düzyatan, Salih Güney, and Mine Çayiroglu.

Here's a description of Shattered Soul from the BIFFF website: "Seemingly content with her life and deeply in love with her psychiatrist husband Doruk, Beyza is thrown of balance by strange, occasional memory blackouts. At the same time, a number of mutilated legs found around Istanbul push the city into terror. Police Inspector Fatih investigates the gruesome murders with his new partner Doruk, who was trained in America and is an expert on serial killers. As the duo searches for the murderer, Beyza must face an awful truth. There's a connection, which even she cannot explain, between herself and the victims. ¶ Couple the pace of CSI with the intricate plot of The Butterfly Effect and the horror of Saw and what you get is a Shattered Soul, a terrific psychological thriller from Turkey by director Mustafa Altioklar. On the one hand, it's an intertwined serial killer puzzle, on the other hand it's the story of a woman who has to confront her demons. Centrepiece of the film is without a doubt the tour-de-force performance of Demet Evgar as a woman with multiple personalities. A beautiful, innocent, terrifying and disgusting character are all merged in one woman. Great cinematography, coupled with extensive camerawork and graphical images strengthen the overall tension. Tamer Karadagli plays the tough police detective Farih and Levent Uzumcu is Doruk, Beyza's husband."

Shattered Soul trailer #1 (Turkish w/o subtitles; downloadable 2.7 MB Shockwave Flash file - viewer discretion is advised)
Shattered Soul trailer #2 (Turkish w/o subtitles; downloadable 3.9 MB Shockwave Flash file - viewer discretion is advised)
Shattered Soul set of clips (Turkish w/ English subtitles; streaming Windows Media - viewer discretion is advised)
Shattered Soul stills gallery
Shattered Soul official website
Variety: Shattered Soul review
BIFFF: Shattered Soul

» Posted by The Gomorrahizer at March 8, 2007 04:00 PM
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Reader Comments

This film is not something I can call a good film but there are some artsy shots and a predictable but entertaining plot. The gore is all been there done that variety and the lead actress is decent in her depiction of someone with a multiple personality disorder.

It is not a must see or anything but it would be good enough waste of time (it has a similar aura with Korean film Hypnotised)

» Posted by eliza bennet at March 9, 2007 03:09 AM

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