Klamek ji bo Beko explained

Klamek ji bo Beko
Starring:Nizamettin Arıç,
Bezara Arsen
Director:Nizamettin Arıç
Producer:Margarita Woskanjan Filmproduktion
Distributor:Margarita Woskanjan
Runtime:100 minutes
Language:Kurdish

Klamek ji bo Beko (A Song for Beko) is a 1992 film written and directed by Nizamettin Arıç, who is also among the cast. It is one of the first Kurdish films.[1] [2]

Plot

The odyssey of a Kurdish man (Beko) in search of his brother, who has fled to avoid being drafted into the Turkish Armed Forces.[3] Escaping arrest in Turkey, he flees to Syria and from there to Iraqi Kurdistan, where he finally finds refuge among displaced children. In Iraq, Beko manages to survive the Iraqi chemical attacks in 1988, and along with a blind girl, he makes it to Germany. Eventually, he discovers that his brother was drafted in the Army and killed in the conflict with Kurdish guerillas.

Awards

References

  1. http://www.timeout.com/film/74988.html Review: A Song for Beko
  2. https://www.hrw.org/iff-97/filmae/aricsong.html A Song for Beko
  3. http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=160573 Plot Description