Thessaloniki 49 | Pandora’s Box by Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Pandora’s Box / Yeşim Ustaoğlu
When three forty-something siblings in Istanbul receive a call one night that their aging mother has disappeared from her home at the western Black Sea coast of Turkey, the three set out to find her, momentarily setting aside their problems. As the siblings come together, the tensions between them quickly become apparent, like Pandora’s box spilling open. They come to realize that they know very little about each other and are forced to reflect on their own shortcomings.
Director:	Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Script:	Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Selma Kaygusuz
Photographer:	Jacques Besse
Montage:	Franck Nakache
Sound:	Bernd von Bassevitz
Music:	Jean-Pierre Mas
Costumes:	Gülname Eşsiz
Actors:	Tsilla Chelton (Nusret), Derya Alabora (Nesrin), Onur Ünsal (Murat), Övül Avkiran (Güzin), Osman Sonant (Mehmet)
World Sales:	The Match Factory, Germany T. +49 22 153 9709-0 F. +49 22 153 9709-10 info@matchfactory.de www.matchfactory.de
Distribution in Greece:	2-1-0 Films T. +30 210 3303433 F. +30 210 3303432 leo@2-1-0.gr www.2-1-0.gr
Production Design:	H.F. Farsi, Elif Taşçioğlu, Serdar Yilmaz
Producer:	Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Muhammet Çakıral, Serkan Çakarer, Behrooz Hashemian, Setareh Farsi, Natacha Devillers, Catherine Burniaux, Michael Weber, Tobias Pausinger
Production:	Ustaoglu Film Yapim
Production Country:	Turkey, France, Belgium, Germany
Co-production:	Silkroad Production & Les Petites Lumières & Stromboli Pictures & The Match Factory
Type:	35mm Color
Duration:	112'
Production Year:	2008