(Festival de Cine Mexicano)
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Black Box (Caja negra) Black Dogs Barking (Kara köpekler havlaken)
MEXICO
Black Box opens with a rapid-fire animated photo collage that shows
TURKEY Like many unemployed young men living in and around the city of Istanbul,
Director: Ariel Gordon the depth of corruption in economically bereft Mexico, as villainous Directors: Mehmet Bahadir Er, Selim and Çaça are restless and ambitious by turns. Though tied into the
Producer: Ariel Gordon big business knocks everything out of its path like dominoes. From
Maryna Gorbach local crime syndicate on a penny-ante level, they’re impatient with the
Screenwriter: Luis Ayhllón
there, this thriller’s narrative defies structural tradition, composed of
Producer: Mehmet Bahadir Er long crawl upward, tired of being caught between a state of poverty and
Cinematographer: Ramón Orozco
two stories linked by one common character, Emiliano. First seen on Screenwriter: Mehmet Bahadir Er
a culture of machismo, and ready to play all the angles in the pursuit of
Editors: Phaedra Robledo, Ariel Gordon,
his deathbed, Emiliano is the victim of a secret society that ruthlessly Cinematographer: Sviatoslav Bulakovskyi
fortune and the sweet life – especially Selim (the boyish and likable Cemal
MS: A to Z Toktas), who wants to marry his girlfriend. They dream of running their own MS: A to Z
Luis Ayhllon
eliminates political enemies. But as one of its former operators, he
Editor: Maryna Gorbach
il
parking lot near an enormous shopping mall – and with the support of the
Cast: Herman Mendoza,
knows the scope of their treachery and has a plan to expose it: he has
Cast: Cemal Toktas, Volga Sorgu,
il
local mafia boss, it could happen. But the mall’s menacing security chief has
Juan Carlos Remolina, Irela de Villers, hidden an incriminating video in a safety deposit box. Erkan Can
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Alfonso Carcamo, Fernando Becerrill
other ideas – and is willing to defend his turf in ways that Selim and Çaça
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2009 / color / 88 min.
are too naive and too inexperienced to handle. To add to their troubles, h
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2009 / color / 80 min. In the second half of the film, seen through a surveillance camera,
the police are targeting them as possible informants regarding the don’s
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an intense psychological drama unfolds between Emiliano and the
activities. Now the young men are risking not just their dreams – but their
innocent man he handpicks to assassinate a presidential candidate.
MEhMET BahaDir Er
very lives.
ariEL GorDon Juan, a man of moral integrity who is dying of colon cancer, answers Born in Kocaeli, Mehmet Bahadir Er
Born in 1977 in Mexico City, Ariel
a job advertisement at a vacant warehouse. Emiliano, who has done
is a student in the Department of
Gordon has directed and produced
his homework, holds the fact that Juan’s family is unaware of his
Cinema and TV at the Mimar Sinan
First-time directors Mehmet Bahadir Er and Maryna Gorbach use a verité
of several award-winning short films. Fine Arts University and a member of
style to render this cautionary tale about ambition, allowing aspects of
He has participated in the Sundance
terminal disease over his head. Promised a house, a trust fund for his
the Karakirmizi film group. Black Dogs traditional culture to imbue their story of modern life in Turkey with a
screenwriting workshop and led
children, and a painless death in prison after he commits the crime, Juan
Barking is his feature debut. melancholy grace.
workshops at several universities in reluctantly trains for the assassination. But things don’t go as planned,
North America and Europe. Black Box is
and soon the two men begin to deviate from their respective roles as
his feature debut.
MarYna GorBaCh
captor and captive – acknowledging their commonality in the process.
Ukraine-born Maryna Gorbach studied
at the Kiev National University of
Sponsored by:
Theatre, Cinema, and Television until
2006; she has also worked at the
television channel ICTV as the director
of a weekly documentary about
Ukraine. Her short film The Jar (2004)
won several festival awards upon its
release.
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