Kerem Soyyılmaz
1Feb12
agree with you on this, good observation. These guys were influenced by old Russian film aesthetic but the content. Golden Bear, interesting.
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5 o'clock coffee
8Feb12
The last film of the trilogy, winner of the Golden Bear this year, tells the story of Yusuf when a sweet but shy little boy and his deep and strong relationship with his dad. Naturalism, quietness, simplicity. Lovely.
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sharunasbresson
27Dec11
sorry but art for art's sake is not my cup of tea. i can't stand a movie where every single shot is telling me how briliant at framing is the director. Beauty is not enough for me. And especially when the director build such a complex and narrow way of filming in order to tell the growing of a child in the most simplistic way. imho terribly overrated.
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Halomoan Sirait
24Oct11
Beautifully Stunning! Sebuah drama kontemporer yang terjuntai bak puisi yang amat teduh. Mengalir dalam bingkai landskape sebuah desa di Turki yang begitu ranum. Ah rasanya ingin mencium ranumnya bau bunga violet sebelum pergi bersekolah.. Film Turki yang sangat penting
Nadin
16Sep11
Beautiful film with lots of depth behind the obvious. The director proves to have an impressive photographic eye. Bal is a uniquely sensual experience if you let go and stop seeing it as a film, but as a journey of a young boy with a deep love for his father.
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Ryan Borja
12Sep11
One of the most important films from Turkey. In the surface, we see through eyes of Yusuf, the six-year-old innocent boy, his so many questions about life, death and his dreams of his father falling from a high tree while fetching honey, their source of income. But like Yusuf, we are like the child, who can barely see the more pressing truths about life: that it is harsh. Life's joys can be found but quite rare.
Jugu Abraham
29Jun11
A truly rewarding Turkish movie for Islamic/Christian/Jewish audiences familiar with the Jacob/Joseph or the Yakub/Yusuf theological details. And yet the movie is presented as a contemporary autobiographical tale.....My longer review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2011/01/111-turkish-director-semih-kaplanoglus.html
Matthew_Lucas
21Mar11
Primordial tale of a young boy and his father who journey into the mountains when their village's honey suddenly dwindles. There is an ancient, knowing quality to its depiction of a young boy's shaping into a man, but it is often too academic for its own good - overly calculated and emotionally distancing. Still, it's beautifully filmed & engaging.
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Jugu Abraham
15Jan11
Subtle and sophisticated cinema without music. My detailed review appaers on my blog http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2011/01/111-turkish-director-semih-kaplanoglus.html
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Arsaib
24Nov10
The third and final installment of the “Yusuf trilogy,“ Honey, like its equally poignant and poetic precursors Milk and Egg, is also a fully-formed, autonomous work of art. Kaplanoğlu’s remarkable, semi-autobiographical trilogy is not only unique because it unfolds in reverse chronological order but also due to the fact that it deliberately distorts the traditional cinematic representation of the passing of time.
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Magnus Alexander Nikolaisen
7Nov10
A joyful and sad journey back to childhood perception of life! Brilliant!
apursansar
18Oct10
A stunning visual poem. I think that with this film Kaplanoğlu has established himself as one of the masters of contemporary cinema.
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hakaima sadamitsu
18Aug10
Little seems to happen in this movie, but there is actualy a lot o stuff happening, all the time. Beautiful cinematography and that kid is AMAZING! I need to watch the other Kaplanoglu movies ASAP!
