Monday, October 28, 2013

Recommended Films: Meryem and Üç Yol

If, somehow, these movies get U.S. distribution and/or English subtitles, I recommend you see them! The first one, Meryem, is all in Turkish, so I understood about 30% of what they were saying. Still, it was definitely worth seeing for the overall story, characters, and images.
Meryem
(Don't let the conventional "young bride who waits" premise put you off.)


The second film, Üç Yol (Crossroads), is set in Bosnia and Turkey with a great mix of Bosnian, Turkish, English, French. The plot and its universe are often set in dreams that slide into reality and vice-versa. The lasting traumas of the Bosnian War are just one layer of the psychology of the characters and the film.


Üç Yol (Crossroads)



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