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Have You Seen Fireflies? Yes, they are beautiful and threatened with extinction, as cute and charming as the film, but beware, strong triggers, loneliness, resilience, exaggerated machismo of a strongly patriarchal society, it hurts deep inside the soul, a beautiful and intensely sad film... The context history and evolution from 1960 to the present day and every revolution, excellent film cloth ... "Life is more difficult for those who are intelligent."

The movie is based on the original text of a muchly appreciated theatre play staged in 1999, written by Yilmaz Erdogan, a succesfull name of cinema and theatre world in Turkey.

Despite basing on a text succeded in the past, the movie unfortunately fails articulating a cinematic langue by adapting the theatrical scenario. Hence, the audience faces to a theatre play on the screen trying but failing to be a movie.

Execellent. Masterpiece. A nice overview of last 50 years of Turkey. Being a strong woman, being a smart woman always has many challenges in Turkey.

The Ecem Erkek is excellent, but her character swings between charming and annoying. The cast is a mixed bag of competent and terrible acting. I almost stopped watching, but I stayed with it and was rewarded with the beautiful "half-written story that lasts a lifetime." Even though it was predictable, for I have lived that story as well, it was handled gently and lovingly. That line alone will resonate with me personally. I also loved the ending, sweet and lovely. I have seen fireflies, especially in my childhood, but I am told they still magically appear in secret places they have slipped away to in order to escape the carelessness of humans.

Only turkish peoplle can understand this story. So don't care about score. Only watch and enjoy Ecem Erkek excellent play..Maybe a little cry.