Firat, his mother and his younger sister grew up in poverty while his father died in prison. Read More »
Tag Archives: Turkey
Angel’s Fall / Melegin Düsüsü (2004) Semih Kaplanoglu, Tülin Özen, Budak Akalin, Musa Karagöz
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father’s behavior. Read More »
The Biggest Punch / En Büyük Yumruk (1983) Çetin Inanç, Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Orhonsay, Kazim Kartal
A man, with the help of a friendly police and a lady reporter, stops a huge drug deal. Read More »
Walking After Midnight / Düs gezginleri (1992) Atif Yilmaz, Meral Oguz, Lale Mansur, Deniz Türkali
Nilgun, a recently divorced doctor from her husband, is assigned to examine brothel workers Read More »
Takiye: Allah yolunda (2010) Ben Verbong, Erhan Emre, Stipe Erceg, Özay Fecht
Metin and his family are devout Muslims living in Cologne. Read More »
Clouds of May / Mayis Sikintisi (1999) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Emin Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Fatma Ceylan
This is a movie within movie, which is almost recursive, i.e., the movie inside looks Read More »
The Town / Kasaba (1997) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Sercihan Alevoglu, Latif Altintas, Cihat Bütün
The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey Read More »
The Wound / Yara (1998) Yilmaz Arslan, Yelda Reynaud, Halil Ergün, Nur Sürer
Hulya, the daughter of a family who migrated to Germany from Turkey (Yelda Reynaud) Read More »
Love, Spells and All That / Ask, Buyu vs (2019) Ümit Ünal, Selen Uçer, Ece Dizdar, Aysenil Samlioglu
After not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish Read More »
Last House in Istanbul / Çirkin dünya (1974) Osman F. Seden, Hülya Koçyigit, Savas Basar, Dogan Bavli
An outlaw gang take over the house of a Doctor and his family raping Read More »