Near the Bosporus, Eyüp and Hacer live in a modest flat with their son Ismail, in his twenties, who’s doing poorly in his studies. Few words pass between them, and a past family tragedy brings sorrow daily. On a rainy night, Eyüp’s boss Servet, a wealthy businessman who’s entering politics, hits a pedestrian on a lonely road. He drives off and offers money to Eyüp if Eyüp will take the fall – probably a six-month sentence. Eyüp agrees, and while he’s in prison, Ismail wants his mother to ask Servet for enough money to buy a car. Servet, in turn, desires Hacer. How can this play out? –IMDb

Director

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 26 January 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish photographer and film director. He is married to the filmmaker, photographer, and actress Ebru Ceylan, his co-star in İklimler.

Ceylan learned photography at age 15, and developed an interest in film at 22. After graduating from Boğaziçi University with a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, he went on with his studies on cinema for two years at Mimar Sinan University.

Ceylan’s first short film Koza (Cocoon) was screened in the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. He received many awards with his debut feature Kasaba (Small Town). His third feature Uzak (Distant) received many awards including the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actor Prize at Cannes, and was praised internationally. His 2006 film Iklimler (Climates) won the FIPRESCI Movie Critics’ Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and received international praise by critics and experts. The film won 5 awards at the 2006 Antalya Golden Orange… read more

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Andrea Lazzaroni

16Apr12

4 / 5

Matthew Martens

19Feb12

As ever, but also as never before, Ceylan shines (while brooding, of course) as a cinematic meteorologist in Three Monkeys, or else as a climatician, or, more simply, a watcher of the skies. The oneiric intensity of the image-making, equally foreboding and forlorn, attains a pitch of beauty and gravity that transforms a kitchen sink drama, whether or not it deserves it, into the stuff of tragic myth.

gencorkun

19Feb12

A directorial triumph. Even though this is not my favorite NBC movie, I have adored the colors in this movie. Every simple shot is planned so wisely and the result is obvious. The actors in the movie is also brilliantly cast. I was not a big fan of the story yet I will remember this movie with the scene when Yavuz Bingol silently waited in the shadows where her wife was on the roof, on the verge of a fatal decision.

Peter Brooks Lazar

8Dec11

I really liked most of this film. Ceylan's visual storytelling is really to be commended. However, the whole last act felt very false to me: both meandering and forced (if that's possible). Really interested in seeing Once Upon a Time in Anatolia now.