Brace yourself for 3 hours and 19 minutes of heavy listening. Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10 Not Resisting Evil Be that as it may, my opinion of the picture doesn't extend to other Turkish films, as I found both 'The Bandit' and 'My Father and My Son' to be more accessible in terms of understanding what those pictures were trying to say. Maybe my problem is that I relate to the character of Aydin so much that I don't see the faults that other viewers do. But all too often, I was left frustrated by a host of characters always attempting to sort things out without ever doing so. I can say that the effort was made somewhat compelling with the distinctive photography amid a rather harsh landscape. So maybe for this viewer, there's some sort of cultural divide that clouds my understanding of what director Nuri Bilge Ceylan was trying to achieve here. If he was that perturbed about accepting charity, he could have used it to pay the rent he owed Nihal's husband, and used the experience to help him get back on his feet again. I'm not sure why Ismail (Nejat Isler) would have considered it an insult, but he only added to the affront by destroying what was offered in good faith. What it did seem to reveal was Aydin's compulsion to insert himself in Nihal's charitable work against her will, but at the same time, she appeared to be entirely secretive about it, enough to raise some kind of suspicion.Īnd then there was the business about the burning money. She stated that he was selfish, spiteful and cynical, and maybe he was, but the story didn't really seem to lay out those qualities in the man. The crux of the story seemed to rest in Aydin's relationship with his wife in a marriage that had hit an impasse after many years. He had the temerity to expect payment of rent from long delinquent tenants, he and friend Hidayet (Ayberk Pekcan) returned a young boy to his home after the kid threw a rock at their car breaking a window, he tried to reason with his wife Nihal (Melisa Sözen) over being excluded from a meeting in his own home regarding her charitable work, and endured a long conversation with his divorced sister Necla (Demet Akbag), who admitted that she had never seen any of the plays he had written. I guess if I were looking at this movie the 'right' way, Aydin (Haluk Bilginer) would be the bad guy of the piece. Reviewed by classicsoncall 7 / 10 'My kingdom may be small but at least I'm king here.'

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