Mehmet Ozgur – Frenzy (Abluka) #Venezia72

September 10, 2015

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Mehmet Ozgur – Actor – Frenzy (Abluka)

FRED’s Matt Micucci interviews the actor Mehmet Ozgur, who stars in the film FRENZY by Emin Alper that premiered in the main competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival.

This marks the second collaboration with the director, so we ask him what makes their creative collaboration so special. Of course, we also ask him about his character in FRENZY and how the journey to his performance of this character began.

FRENZY (Abluka): Istanbul is in the grip of political violence. Hamza, a high-ranking police officer offers Kadir a conditional release from prison. To be released he has to accept to work in the new intelligence unit of garbage collectors. Kadir accepts, and starts collecting trash from the shanty towns, checking to see whether it contains material related to bomb-making. Kadir finds his younger brother Ahmet in one of those neighborhoods. Ahmet works at the municipality as part of a team responsible for destroying stray dogs. Ahmet’s unwillingness to bond with Kadir as brothers, in spite of Kadir’s insistance, leads Kadir to plot conspiracy theories to explain Ahmet’s distance.

Written by: fredfilmradio

Matt Micucci

Guest

Mehmet Ozgur

Film

Abluka Frenzy

Festival

Mostra del Cinema di Venezia

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