Death of the Poet
Director Elif Ergezen
Countries
Duration 18 min
Synopsis
« Death of the Poet » is about a Laz poet, Hasan Helimisi. This is a documentary film in Laz language. Laz language is one of the very old and indigenous languages spoken in Turkey and Georgia, which is actually in danger to disappear. In the Film, the life story of the Poet told in his own voice is embroidered onto the life of his daughter, her longings and regrets in her relationship with her father. She could never really know him before his death. The film constitutes a mutual language beyond time between the father and his daughter who dosen’t speak the same language with him: the Laz, a language of a profound feeling of abandonment towards a country or a father...
« Death of the Poet » is about a Laz poet, Hasan Helimisi. This is a documentary film in Laz language. Laz language is one of the very old and indigenous languages spoken in Turkey and Georgia, which is actually in danger to disappear. In the Film, the life story of the Poet told in his own voice is embroidered onto the life of his daughter, her longings and regrets in her relationship with her father. She could never really know him before his death. The film constitutes a mutual language beyond time between the father and his daughter who dosen’t speak the same language with him: the Laz, a language of a profound feeling of abandonment towards a country or a father...