Ahmet Rifat Sungar

  • Melisa Önel – Kumun Tadi AKA Seaburners (2014)

    2011-2020DramaMelisa ÖnelTurkey

    A harsh wintery scene on the Turkish Black Sea coast. Denise, a foreign botanist, has ended up here for research purposes. She stoically trudges through water knee-deep to get to the remote site where she cultivates her plants. With the same resolve and fearlessness, she also makes her way through the night to the secluded cabin where she meets her lover Hamit. He is a have-not who has only remained in this desolate region following a failed attempt to set up a livelihood abroad. And because of his relationship with Denise. It’s a dilemma, since Hamit cannot let her know that he works as a human trafficker, making a living by helping others flee to Europe. But Denise is tired of his mysterious behaviour. When she is called back to her home country and one of Hamit’s jobs spirals out of control, he makes a decision that ends in catastrophe.Read More »

  • Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Üç maymun AKA Three Monkeys (2008)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaNuri Bilge CeylanTurkey

    Set in the areas of Istanbul rarely visited by foreigners, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s strange detective story traces the journey of a family that is suddenly dislocated when minor shortcomings explode into exorbitant deceptions. Now their only hope of remaining together is to cover up the truth, but can ignoring the hardships and responsibilities that would be impossible to endure ever really invalidate the existence of the truth?Read More »

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