Director: Menduh Un
Script: Menduh Un, Marcit Koper
Cinematographer: Orhan Oguz
Music: Cahit Berkay
Cast: E. Akyldiz, M. Samancilar, Günay Girik, Meriç Basaran
Production: Kadri Yurdatap, Pour Mine Film
Distribution: Cinéma Public Films
Year: 1993
35 mm, Color, 85 min,
OV Turkish with French Subtitles
The Master Director, Memduh Ün’s, adaptation of Muzaffer İzgü’s autobiographic novel focuses on Muzo’s story, who lives in a poor neighbourhood of Adana with his elder brother, mother and unemployed father in a shanty. Zıkkımın Kökü, depicts the dreams of a little boy, his love for the cinema and his exciting teenage years, with great sensitivity.
The movie depicts a very important historical period, Turkey after Atatürk. Studies and hard-working are a promise for a better living than the previous generation.
« … That's exactly what is important in this movie, a child who is both a child annd a man, a child who becomes an adult without ever ceasing being a child. ». Jean Roy.