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Structured with great care and apparent seamlessness, Zephyr is a poignant work, emotionally charged without ever slipping into heaviness or sentimentality — a triumph of cinematic technique in which nothing is contrived; its movement from one sequence to the next is gentle, slow, like the pace of rural life, quiet like the landscape, with every image communicating something which only the final crescendo will reveal.

Short on plot but replete with visual annotations and planting allegorical hints every step of the way, Bas takes her audience through a world she obviously has intimate knowledge of, having already confirmed backgrounds details are inspired by her own childhood memories, though quite naturally, she insists the story itself is pure fiction all through.

Atmosphere ultimately trumps emotional involvement in this mesmerizing mood piece, which bears a stylistic resemblance to the work of Bas’ contemporaries such as Reha Erdem (“Times and Winds”) and Semih Kaplanoglu (“Honey”).