When a young woman named Meryem (Özgü Namal) is raped, her village custom requires Read More »
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A Tale of Three Sisters AKA Kiz Kardesler (2019) Emin Alper, Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir
A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as ‘besleme’ (foster child and maid). Read More »
Autumn AKA Sonbahar (2008) Özcan Alper, Onur Saylak, Megi Kobaladze, Serkan Keskin
Yusuf is a Turkish political activist whose work with a group of revolutionaries earned him a long stay in prison. Read More »
The Wall AKA Duvar (1983) Yilmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »
Climates AKA Iklimler (2006) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Nazan Kesal
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones… Read More »
Iron Claw the Pirate AKA Demir pençe (korsan adam) (1969) Çetin Inanç, Demir Karahan, Nebahat Çehre, Yildirim Gencer
With his operations in Istanbul being continually upset by the masked patriot-cum-vigilante Iron Claw the Pirate (Demir Karahan) Read More »
Hunting Time AKA Av Zamani (1988) Erden Kiral, Aytaç Arman, Serif Seler, Zihni Küçümen
In a timeless and unknown island (which is Cunda Adasi in Ayvalik, on the Aegean Coast of Turkey) a writer tries Read More »
The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet AKA Kadin Hamlet (1977) Metin Erksan, Fatma Girik, Sevda Ferdag, Reha Yurdakul
An extraordinary interpretation of Hamlet from the phenomenal director of the Turkish Cinema: Metin Erksan. Read More »
Time to Love AKA Sevmek zamani (1965) Metin Erksan, Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, Süleyman Tekcan
Halil who is a painter falls in love with a picture which belongs to a daughter of a mansion’s owner. Read More »
Being Italian with Signora Enrica AKA Sinyora Enrica ile Italyan Olmak (2010) Ali Ilhan, Claudia Cardinale, Ismail Hacioglu, Lavinia Longhi
Claudia Cardinale playing as an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student. Read More »