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In July (Im Juli)
Scene from "In July" (photo courtesy of Bavaria Film International)
His students thumb their noses at him, the barkeepers ignore him in all of the hip joints he frequents and even his permanently spaced out neighbor has a better social life: how square can you get? Daniel, a young physics teacher wouldn't see happiness if it hit him in the face! But his drab existence as a teacher is about to change... he falls head over heals in love with a beautiful girl called Melek, and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. Daniel sets out for the long trip from Hamburg to Istanbul together with his crazy friend July, who sells jewelry and has always secretly worshipped Daniel. On this wild odyssey through south-eastern Europe he will discover a new self. He is beaten up, seduced, robbed, for the first time on drugs and busted by Turkish border guards, yet Daniel learns to fight for his happiness. And after this long journey he realizes that the laws of physics don't always apply in the real world ...
Fatih Akin was born 1973 in Hamburg to Turkish parents and is one of Germany’s most internationally known and multi award-winning directors. He studied Film at the Academy of Fine Arts (HfbK) in Hamburg and graduated in 2000. From 1993 to 2004 he worked with WÜSTE Filmproduktion in Hamburg. In 2003 he founded his own film production company, corazón international. In 2005 he was a visiting professor at the HfbK Hamburg. He was a member of the juries at the Festival du Film International de Cannes (2005) and the International Film Festival Berlin (2001). A selection of his films includes: SHORT SHARP SHOCK (1998), IN JULY (2000), SOLINO (2002), HEAD-ON (2004), CROSSING THE BRIDGE – THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL (2005), THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (2007), SOUL KITCHEN (2009), and POLLUTING PARADISE (2012).
Genre Comedy
Category Feature
Year of Production 2000
Director Fatih Akin
Screenplay Pierre Aim
Editor Andrew Bird
Music by Ulrich Kodjo Wendt
Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus
Producers Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert
Production Company Wüste Film/Hamburg
Length 100 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Festivals Rotterdam 2001, Gothenburg 2001, Berlin 2001 (New German Films), Cairo 2003, Sofia 2008 (Retrospective), Gijon 2009
With backing from German Federal Film Board, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
World Sales
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Trailer
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Category Feature
Year of Production 2000
Director Fatih Akin
Screenplay Pierre Aim
Editor Andrew Bird
Music by Ulrich Kodjo Wendt
Cast Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus
Producers Ralph Schwingel, Stefan Schubert
Production Company Wüste Film/Hamburg
Length 100 min
Format 35 mm, color
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French
Sound Technology Dolby Digital
Festivals Rotterdam 2001, Gothenburg 2001, Berlin 2001 (New German Films), Cairo 2003, Sofia 2008 (Retrospective), Gijon 2009
With backing from German Federal Film Board, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
World Sales
Global Screen GmbH
Sonnenstr. 21
80331 Munich/Germany
phone +49-89-24 41 29 55 00
fax +49-89-24 41 29 55 20
info@globalscreen.de
http://www.globalscreen.de
Trailer
click here
