Türkiye / Apr 13, 2019
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Heads and Tails chronicles the curious hair trade between Turkey and Israel. Two Turkish-Israeli women, Coya and Sima, get the tails of hair from male hair traders in Turkey and sell them to wig makers in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak. Orthodox Jewish women cover their heads with the wigs made of the hair that once belonged to women in Anatolia. In this journey, the hair is turned into a commodity, a means of living and source of beauty, becomes kosher, while the one who carefully grows the hair becomes rather invisible.
Main cast
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Baştan Başa |
| Original language | Türkçe (TR) |
| Spoken languages | עִבְרִית, Türkçe |
| Production countries | Turkey |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | "Yeni Film" Film Company |
| Release date | 13 aprile 2019 |
| Production | Aylin Kuryel, Fırat Yücel, Enis Köstepen, Özgür Doğan |
| Writer | Aylin Kuryel |
| Editing | Aylin Kuryel, Fırat Yücel, Cenk Erol |
| Cinematography | Fırat Yücel, Rasel Meseri, Aylin Kuryel |
| Assistant directors | Aylin Kuryel, Fırat Yücel |
| Camera operators | Fırat Yücel, Aylin Kuryel |
| Additional photography | Fırat Yücel, Aylin Kuryel |
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| Production design | Rasel Meseri |
| Art direction | Rasel Meseri |
| Set decoration | Rasel Meseri |
| Music | Fırat Yücel, Fatih Rağbet |
| Sound | Fırat Yücel, Fatih Rağbet |
Release dates
Premiere
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