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Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul is a Allemand film of genre Documentary directed by Fatih Akın with Müzeyyen Senar

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul
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Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginGerman
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating77% 3.8957153.8957153.8957153.8957153.895715

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul is a 2005 film/documentary directed by Fatih Akın. The film is a journey through the music scene in modern Istanbul, Turkey as well as portraying its cultural life. It was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

It features German musician Alexander Hacke (member of Einstürzende Neubauten) as the narrator. Hacke and Akın travelled around Istanbul with a mobile recording studio and a microphone, assembling an inspired portrait of Turkish music — from arabesque to indie rock and rap.

Among the featured artists in the film are (in order of appearance):


Baba Zula
Orient Expressions
Duman
Replikas
Erkin Koray
Ceza
Ayben
Istanbul Style Breakers
Mercan Dede
Selcuk
Brenna MacCrimmon
Selim Sesler
Siyasiyabend
Nur Ceylan
Aynur (i.e. Aynur Doğan)
Orhan Gencebay
Müzeyyen Senar
Sezen Aksu
Sertab Erener

Synopsis

Un voyage à la découverte des sons d'Istanbul en suivant les pérégrinations d'Alexander Hacke, bassiste d'Einstürzende Neubauten.

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Müzeyyen Senar
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