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180°

180°

Movie · 2010 · 3 people

Known in Turkey as 180 Derece, the Swiss drama 180° was made in 2010 as a Swiss-German co-production. Running about 90 minutes, it is an episodic ensemble in which strangers' lives meet over a single evening. German, Italian, Swiss German and Turkish are all spoken in it. The German title's subtitle means "when your world suddenly turns upside down".

The story opens in a city at dusk. Two shy teenagers flirt, a housewife settles in front of her favourite soap, hospital nurses chat before their shift, and a smart couple drive home through evening traffic. An armed man bent on revenge bursts into a building. A chain of unlucky coincidences lets a single killer do unexpected damage, and ordinary, safe, "normal" lives are overturned in an instant. Beyond the fear, the narrative stresses love, hope and the possibility of living together. Sophie Rois and Michael Neuenschwander play a couple named Marion and Manfred Berger, and Aslı Bayram plays Özlem Özel. Christopher Buchholz, Güven Kıraç, Şiir Eloğlu and Sabine Timoteo also appear.

Cihan İnan, a Swiss director of Turkish descent, wrote the screenplay as well, and the film is his first feature. The story draws on the 1986 case of Günther Tschanun. 180° was shown at the 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, in the international feature competition.

DirectorCihan İnan

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Güven Kıraç Güven Kıraç Actor · 66 years old Şiir Eloğlu Şiir Eloğlu Actor · 60 years old Aslı Bayram Aslı Bayram Film actor · 45 years old

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

In his first feature Cihan İnan attempts something hard: weaving, in episodic form, the stories of strangers whose lives touch over a single evening. The city at dusk, the shy teenagers, the housewife settling in for her soap, the nurses chatting before their shift: each piece is built with everyday calm, and the armed man bursting into a building tears that fabric apart. Both the strength and the weakness of the structure lie there. The chain of unlucky coincidences risks becoming the kind of screenwriting shortcut common to mosaic films, and some characters stay at sketch level. Even so, the soundscape where Swiss German, German, Italian and Turkish mingle gives the film a distinctive texture. A flawed but ambitious debut.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

180° fits a society where several languages and origins live side by side into a single evening. The mere fact that German, Italian, Swiss German and Turkish are all spoken in one film is an observation in itself: a city shaped by migration, where daily life appears to flow 'normally'. Characters such as Özlem Özel, played by Aslı Bayram, and actors such as Güven Kıraç and Şiir Eloğlu are a reminder that Turkish has its place in this many-voiced picture. That the story draws on the 1986 Günther Tschanun case gives the film real weight. And its emphasis, beyond fear, on love, hope and living together shows what it truly cares about.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Hear that an armed man bent on revenge bursts into a building and you expect a tight thriller, but 180° is not that kind of film. It spends a long time introducing its people first: the teenagers, the nurses, the couple in traffic. When the break comes it lands, because ordinary lives are turned upside down in an instant. Still, if you want pace, the first stretch may feel pretty calm. More drama than action.

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