Eylül Firtinasi

The movie takes place right after the Military coup of 12 September 1980. Hence, the original Turkish name, which literally translates as "the September storm".

Right after the coup, the left wing activists were hunted down and tortured, some were even executed. Here, the story is told from the point of view of a little boy, son of two activist parents. Who had to go through various hardships.

Even though the story is politically loaded, it is presented in a quite clean and balanced way. We see the pain people go through, but we are spared the actual horrors of torture.

This is great storytelling from the legendary master of Turkish cinema, Atif Yilmaz. Characters are all very life like, and the little children in the movie do a great job of acting.

This is not a cinematic masterpiece like "Selvi boylum al yazmalim". But it is a daring look into Turkey's past, and a nice example of great character development and storytelling.