COUNTRY:

TURKEY

RUNTIME:

123min

SYNOPSIS:

The Butterfly's Dream centers on two young poets in the 1940s of Turkey who make a bet on a pretty girl. Whoever's poem the girl likes will win, and the other will step aside. As the story unravels, in and out problems like disease, poverty, compulsory work in the mines and the Second World War, the poets travel through cities and events in search of happiness. A love story demanding a basic answer, "is it the optimist who's bravest or the pessimist?"

CAST:

Belcim Bilgin, Kivanc Tatlitug, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Mert Firat

TROUPE:

Director: Yilmaz Erdogan
Screenwriter: Yilmaz Erdogan
Cinematographer: Gokham Tiryaki
Editor: Bora Goksingol, Cagri Turkkan
Producer: Necati Akpinar