According to my own experience, one of the most relatable reasons to cry nowadays is watching the news, and the sympathy goes straight to one of the four protagonists (Melis Sevinç) of Umut Subasi’s debut feature “Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster” that world-premiered in “Bright Future” program of Rotterdam International Film Festival, for reacting exactly that way.
Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Covid-19 Related financial crisis has affected most middle-class households as well, not only those in the working class and the lowest socioeconomic strata. Subasi’s gaze reveals the effects of its blow on our psyche. The situations she is putting her main characters in are mostly absurdist, the way the life usually unfolds. But, are we dealing with first world problems here? Generally speaking, we do. There are no big scale problems in sight, just a daily dose of “what next?...
Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Covid-19 Related financial crisis has affected most middle-class households as well, not only those in the working class and the lowest socioeconomic strata. Subasi’s gaze reveals the effects of its blow on our psyche. The situations she is putting her main characters in are mostly absurdist, the way the life usually unfolds. But, are we dealing with first world problems here? Generally speaking, we do. There are no big scale problems in sight, just a daily dose of “what next?...
- 2/9/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Film from Turkish director Umut Subasi world premieres next week in Bright Future competition.
Paris based MPM Premium has picked up international sales for Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster from Turkish director Umut Subasi, which world premieres this week at International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Bright Future competition.
The moving tragicomedy follows four middle-class millennials in Istanbul grappling with financial and social troubles and dealing with demoralising “slight disasters” from unemployment to isolation.
Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster (Sanki Her Şey Biraz Felaket) is the first feature from Subasi, who also wrote and edited the film. The feature stars...
Paris based MPM Premium has picked up international sales for Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster from Turkish director Umut Subasi, which world premieres this week at International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Bright Future competition.
The moving tragicomedy follows four middle-class millennials in Istanbul grappling with financial and social troubles and dealing with demoralising “slight disasters” from unemployment to isolation.
Almost Entirely a Slight Disaster (Sanki Her Şey Biraz Felaket) is the first feature from Subasi, who also wrote and edited the film. The feature stars...
- 1/23/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
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