| [filmlover-l] Movie this wednesday: Nefes:
Vatan sagolsun (The Breath) |
Sunday, September 19, 2010
1:05:17 AM |
| From: |
tbco@mtu.edu |
| To: |
filmlover-l@mtu.edu |
Hello everyone,
This wednesday, we are showing a Turkish movie "Nefes: Vatan sagolsun
(The Breath)" directed by Levent Semerci (more details below). I
think this one is very well done.
Please feel free to pass the message around and invite your friends.
Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: Nefes: Vatan sagolsun (The Breath)
Date and Time: Wednesday, Sept. 22, 6:30-9pm
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Levent Semerci
Partial List of Actors:
Ilker Kizmaz
Ozgur Eren Koc
Baris Bagci
Birce Akalay
Engin Hepileri
US Rating: not rated (I think it is closer to R because of the battle
scenes)
Language: Turkish (with English subtitles)
Length: 128mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (via www.imdb.com)
"...A major who had just lost [several]
people in his command in a combat
with PKK militants arrives at the
station and takes charge. He finds
it very difficult to step out of the
state of depression due to his recent
loss and so intimidates his soldiers
into bettering themselves to ensure that
such a tragedy never happens again. During
his stay there, he came across a PKK
militant called the 'Doctor' who intervenes
in his phone calls with his wife through
radio frequencies...we observe daily routines
of Turkish soldiers and their sincere phone
calls with their loved ones as we approach
to the inevitable end."
My Comments:
A very impressive movie coming from Turkey. It
is poetic film-making -- nice photography
and gritty, almost documentary-style directing. The
movie is mostly about the dread, boredom and danger
that young soldiers have to endure while protecting
a post in Turkey against the PKK. It has a bit of
surreal atmosphere to it (most wars probably are).
The performances were very good and compelling.
The cinematography was also great, mostly gray tones
yet when the fighting starts, the bullets and blood
became quite startling. Even more impressive is
that this is the director's debut movie.
Very good film making, if you don't mind the middle
part, where the tension buildup may be a little too
slow for some viewers. I thought it was needed,
specially to have the impact of the last part of the
movie.
