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SPLIT (Original title)De BREUK (Working title)
Date: 1999 (Copyright)

Countries: Turkey, Iceland, France, Netherlands

Director: Canan Gerede

Production company billing: [Variety] An Alfa Film/Icelandic Film Corp./Artcam Intl./TNS Prods./Scarabee Film Prods. production. (International sales: Bedrock Entertainment, Santa Monica.)
Synopsis: Drama. The film is based on a true story involving an Icelandic woman who falls in love with a Turkish man. They marry and have two children. When eventually the couple split, the husband takes the two small daughters for what is supposed to be a short holiday to visit his relatives in Turkey. However, he does not return, and the wife has a major fight on her hands in attempting to find her children. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that her ex-husband has taken the advice of hard-line religious leaders in his homeland.

Genre:
Documentary drama

Subjects:
Interracial relationships, Islam, Turkey, Divorced people, Abduction of children
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
In: Variety 07 Jun 1999  Page: 34
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: YOUNG, Deborah Article type: CreditsLanguage: English