Simurg

Simurgh is the story of 6 real characters (political prisoners) who had participated in death fasts in order to protest the F-type cell system in 1996 in prisons of Turkey and caught the Wernicke Korsakoff illness after 69 days on death fast, then released due to health problems and now trying to cope with speech difficulty, loss of muscle coordination, balance problems, amnesia and hazy consciousness. In 2000, the second death fast action begins and these six former activists come together once more. The film tells, through these characters, in real time and sites, those second death fasts, which continued for nearly 7 years and had left behind 122 people died, and tries to bring light to the dark areas of a painful 14-year period.

Grosses

Türkiye
$68,067
Domestic ()
Summary Details
Opening$13,945
10 theaters
Release DateNov 30, 2012
Running Time1 hr 49 min
GenresDocumentary Drama
In Release397 days/56 weeks
Widest Release11 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Nov 30-Dec 213$13,945-10-$1,394$13,9451
Dec 7-917$13,348-4.3%11+1$1,213$41,2492
Dec 14-1620$3,500-73.8%7-4$500$54,5563
Dec 21-2329$2,091-40.3%10+3$209$60,3964
Dec 28-3037$852-59.3%4-6$213$64,7275
Jan 4-639$616-27.7%3-1$205$66,4906
Jan 18-2031$705-2-$352$68,0678