White as Snow (2010)

Feature Film (0:01:22) TurkeyUnratedDrama

The twelve-year old Hasan, whose father was imprisoned one year ago and whose mother had to leave to work in the province, is left alone with his two siblings. The food, which his mother brings home once a week last only for few days. Hasan finds a way to cope with the situation by selling ayran at the roadside to buy bread. The roads of the Mother, the Blacksmith Halil, Recep, Grandpa Kadir and the Young Passenger, stuck in the vicious circle of the life and trying to sort things out, cross with Hasan�s fate in the dead end of the poverty of a small village.

46th Chicago Film Festival

source: http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/movie.php?show=white_as_snow

"White as Snow will be screened at 46th Chicago Film Festival at World Cinema section."

Original Title: Kar Beyaz
Director: Selim Günes
Turkey
Turkish with subtitles
82 min.
World Cinema

Synopsis:
With his father in prison and his mother forced to travel to a distant town every day for her job, 9-year-old Hasan must care for his younger siblings and supplement his mother’s income by selling hot drinks to weary winter travelers. First-time director Selim Günes, recognized internationally as one of Turkey’s most gifted still photographers, infuses his film with a visual artistry befitting the delicate drama of a boy struggling to survive a cold winter’s day, one hour at a time.

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    by Vanessa McMahon