A luscious exploration of halfway points in love, morally and freedom against the backdrop of industrial Turkey. Since her debut in 1994 with .The Trace,. Turkish filmmaker Yesim Ustaoglu continued her string of successes with .Pandora.s Box. (winning at San Sebastian) and now her latest, .Araf. screening at the New York Film Festival. Simmering with sadness, heartbreak and redemption, the film reflects a style and depth reminiscent of the Golden Days of cinema. Each long, thoughtful take, carefully blocked and presented, is a photographic fantasy to be savored. This is not an action movie. The action takes place within the hearts and minds of the lead character Zehra (Neslihan Atagül) and her lovers Olgun (Baris Hacihan) and Mahur (Özcan...
- 10/19/2012
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
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