Review of Küçük Kiyamet

By far, one of the best Turkish movies I've ever seen. So realistic in the way it portrays the life -and family affairs- in the late 90's in Turkey. A distant father figure, an uneasy house wife who is always concerned about her children, a life which is meticuolousy organized so that everything goes according to the plan, renting a summerhouse for vacation and traditionally, bringing your nieces with you since the more is merrier. Small crises which need to be pointed out by the wife and adressed by the husband with an out-of-context seriousness that always stresses out the children of the family. The pride they feel since they are select amongst the poorer country folks. Ownerships on what now seems to be mediocre but luxury at the time. And being crushed by those wealths. The earthquakes mentioned and happenning in the movie are very much real and as devastating as portrayed; if not more. The movie is filled with metaphors. The manner head character Bilge faces her fears in life and her final acceptance in the face of death is a sad but humbling event. Little Apocalypse - the idiom means either a natural disaster, or one's own demise.