The film is released on 6 November, 2009, in Turkey after its world premiere of it was in 2009 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival on October 2009, where it received a best female performance award. It drew 28,000 admissions and box office of 273,247 Turkish liras.
Demirkubuz who is a noted arthouse figure in Turkish cinema for the past 20 years. His works wore seen parallel to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's. His most important films are Innocence, Third Page, Fate and Destiny.
Envy is a costume drama genre film and is the director's most expensive film to date. It is seen as an unusual departure from his career of making minimalist films.
Lead actress Berrak Tuzunatac is known from popular films such as Organize Isler and Ejder Kapani as well as from magazine headlines.
The film a co-production of Demirkubuz's company Mavi Film (www.demirkubuz.com) and Yerli Film.
Production contact:
Mavi Film
Istiklal Cad. No: 140
Beyoglu/İstanbul
tel: +90 (533) 431 61 07
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Credits
Producer: Zeki Demirkubuz, Zafer Celik
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz
Screenwriter: Zeki Demirkubuz
Cinematographer: Emre Erkmen
Editor: Zeki Demirkubuz
Cast
Berrak Tuzunatac
Nergis Ozturk
Serhat Tutumluer
Hasibe Eren
Mustafa Uzunyılmaz
Hatice Aslan
Serdar Orcin
Can Anamur
