Hello My Dear

Overview

The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much controversy in the period it was first published. Considered to be in defiance of heteronormativity, the said poem includes references to the poet’s personality, his family, his relationship to the society, and his “unexpected” death, which came three years after its publication. Today, 50 years after it was written, the documentary follows these same lines in the poem utilising cinematic elements. The documentary also rediscovers the poetics; reaches out to the family, the comrades, the friendships, departing from the official historical accounts, cognizant of his experience of otherness, in pursuit of the “lost” portrait of Arkadaş Z. Özger.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 1, 2021

Original language

Turkish

Spoken languages

Turkish

Countries

Turkey

Production

Dionysos Film

Cast

Akın Evren,Hüseyin Peker,Nejat Yetişir,Necla Zarakol,Eşber Yağmurdereli,Halit Özboyacılar,Ertuğrul Kürkçü,İsmet Tokgöz,Cavit Kürnek,Arkadaş Z. Özgerand 3 more

Director

Ulaş Tosun

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt14700630