Big Man, Little Love

Big Man, Little Love (Turkish: Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk, Kurdish: Hêjar) is a 2001 international co-production drama film, written and directed by Handan İpekçi, about an orphaned Kurdish child and a Turkish pensioner thrown together by circumstance. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19), won awards at film festivals in Antalya, Cairo, Cologne and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange for Best Film, and was Turkey's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Big Man, Little Love
Directed byHandan İpekçi
Written byHandan İpekçi
Produced by
  • Handan İpekçi
  • Nikos Kanakis
  • Dénes Szekeres
Starring
  • Şükran Güngör
  • Dilan Erçetin
  • Füsun Demirel
  • Yıldız Kenter
  • İsmail Hakkı Şen
  • Sevinc Erol
CinematographyErdal Kahraman
Edited byNikos Kanakis
Music by
  • Mazlum Çimen
  • Serdar Yalçın
Release date
  • October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • Turkey
  • Hungary
  • Greece
LanguagesTurkish, Kurdish
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