The second Turkish E.T. rip-off, this time centring around a tabloid photographer tasked with taking photos of “UFOs” by throwing pot lids in the air Read More »
Tag Archives: Turkey
Oh, Moon! (1988) Reha Erdem, Yesim Tozan, Gülsen Tuncer, Nurinisa Yildirim, Drama
Yekta, 11 years old, is born and still lives in a mysterious, castle-like house, at the shore of the Bosphorus, together with her lame seagull, her spinster aunt Read More »
The Bus (1975) Tunç Okan, Tuncel Kurtiz, Björn Gedda, Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away. Read More »
Uçan daireler Istanbulda / Flying Saucers Over Istanbul (1955) Orhan Erçin, Zafer Önen, Halide Piskin, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Ucan Daireler Istanbulda (Flying Saucers Over Istanbul) is a Turkish sci-fi comedy from 1955. It’s recommended for fans of old Turkish movies and psychotronic cult films. Read More »
Hasret: Sehnsucht (2015) Ben Hopkins, Isa Çelik, Bilge Güler, Serhat Saymadi, Drama, Documentary
A European director is commissioned to make a documentary about Istanbul. Read More »
Bizim büyük çaresizligimiz / Our Grand Despair (2011) Seyfi Teoman, Ilker Aksum, Fatih Al, Gunes Sayin, Drama
The peaceful cohabitation of bachelors Ender and Cetin is disrupted when they allow a friend’s sister to move in with them. Read More »
The Girl with the Red Scarf (1977) Atif Yilmaz, Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Ahmet Mekin, Drama, Romance
Story of a dilemma between a woman’s love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. Read More »
Golden Girl, Karate Girl (1974) Orhan Aksoy, Filiz Akin, Ediz Hun, Bülent Kayabas, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Zeynep lives with his old father. She has lost her ability to speak because of an accident. Read More »
Nausea / Bulanti (2015) Zeki Demirkubuz, Sebnem Hassanisoughi, Öykü Karayel, Drama
Ahmet, who had recently lost his wife and little daughter in a traffic accident while he was away with his lover, is a prominent person dealing with “head work”. Read More »
Süt / Milk (2008) Semih Kaplanoglu, Melih Selcuk, Basak Köklükaya, Riza Akin, Drama
A high school graduate, Yusuf could not pass the university entrance exam. Writing poetry is his greatest passion and some of his poems Read More »
Yumurta / Egg (2007) Semih Kaplanoglu, Nejat Isler, Saadet Aksoy, Ufuk Bayraktar, Drama
Poet Yusuf learns of his mother’s death and returns to his hometown after many years. In his mother’s house his young cousin Ayla awaits him and informs Read More »
Bal / Honey (2010) Semih Kaplanoglu, Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Drama
The young boy Yusuf’s best friend is his father, who supports his family’s modest life with the honey he collects from tall trees in the forests of the remote Turkish countryside. Read More »
Kor / Ember (2016) Zeki Demirkubuz, Aslihan Gürbüz, Caner Cindoruk, Taner Birsel, Drama
When her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child who needs immediate surgery. Read More »
Ana Yurdu / Motherland (2015) Senem Tüzen, Esra Bezen Bilgin, Nihal G. Koldas, Semih Aydin, Drama
Nesrin, an urban upper-middle class woman, goes back to her parents’ old village in Anatolia to finish a novel and live out her dream of being a writer. Read More »
Köpek / Koepek (2015) Esen Isik, Çagla Akalin, Baris Atay, Salih Bademci, Drama
An ordinary day in the mega-city of Istanbul: Ten-year-old Cemo sells paper tissues in the streets, Hayat is controlled by her husband and transsexual Ebru sells her body. Read More »