free admission
Thursday, 1 September 2005 | 16:00
Friday, 2 September 2005 | 16:00
Saturday, 3 September 2005 | 16:00
60 min., Germany/Turkey 2005, Turkish with German subtitles
Directed by: Aslı Özge
Camera: Emre Erkmen
Sitting down on the chair in a barbershop in Istanbul means not only getting a haircut or a shave, but also getting involved in daily life. They reflect the problems and the pleasures of the society and the differences in living standards.Especially now, with Turkey knocking impatiently on Europe’s door, the film Hesperos’ Jünger speaks of Istanbul through three hairdressers and their environments. One of them is the station barber Ahmet, who works in a historical building that is the most important doorway from Europe to Asia. He serves the lower social classes, cutting only men’s hair; he also gives shaves, which is an old tradition in Turkey. Petra, a German woman who has been living in Istanbul for twelve years, cutting both men’s and women’s hair in her own house. Instead of seeing the German way of living through Turkish people in Germany, this time we see the Turkish way of living through the eyes of a German woman in Turkey. The last hairdresser Özcan, who cuts women’s hair, serves the richest strata of society. He is the best-known hairdresser in Istanbul and works like a factory. In his shop, it is not only important to have a good haircut, but to have luxury. (Asli Özge)
Asli Özge, born 1975 in Istanbul, lives in Berlin
Film Programme
of the exhibition “Urban Realities: Focus on Istanbul”