Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(January 2011)
Directed/Written by: Feo Aladag
Starring: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Ufuk Bayraktar and Florian Lukas
“When We Leave” is a simple art-house drama that packs a huge sociopolitical wallop, one of those rare and tricky films in which all its component parts seem to work against each other but really move as fluidly as a well-oiled machine.
The plot is hardly a new one, though it is far reaching and, sadly, universal. A young Turkish woman named Umay (Siebel Kekilli) is forced to live with an abusive husband named Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) within the confines of an Old World culture. After one beating too many, Umay and her young son Cem (Nizam Schiller) board a plane to Germany and arrive at her parents’ front door. Unfortunately, life with her family is not as she hopes, and...
(January 2011)
Directed/Written by: Feo Aladag
Starring: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Ufuk Bayraktar and Florian Lukas
“When We Leave” is a simple art-house drama that packs a huge sociopolitical wallop, one of those rare and tricky films in which all its component parts seem to work against each other but really move as fluidly as a well-oiled machine.
The plot is hardly a new one, though it is far reaching and, sadly, universal. A young Turkish woman named Umay (Siebel Kekilli) is forced to live with an abusive husband named Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) within the confines of an Old World culture. After one beating too many, Umay and her young son Cem (Nizam Schiller) board a plane to Germany and arrive at her parents’ front door. Unfortunately, life with her family is not as she hopes, and...
- 1/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(January 2011)
Directed/Written by: Feo Aladag
Starring: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Ufuk Bayraktar and Florian Lukas
“When We Leave” is a simple art-house drama that packs a huge sociopolitical wallop, one of those rare and tricky films in which all its component parts seem to work against each other but really move as fluidly as a well-oiled machine.
The plot is hardly a new one, though it is far reaching and, sadly, universal. A young Turkish woman named Umay (Siebel Kekilli) is forced to live with an abusive husband named Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) within the confines of an Old World culture. After one beating too many, Umay and her young son Cem (Nizam Schiller) board a plane to Germany and arrive at her parents’ front door. Unfortunately, life with her family is not as she hopes, and...
(January 2011)
Directed/Written by: Feo Aladag
Starring: Sibel Kekilli, Nizam Schiller, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanriogen, Tamer Yigit, Serhad Can, Ufuk Bayraktar and Florian Lukas
“When We Leave” is a simple art-house drama that packs a huge sociopolitical wallop, one of those rare and tricky films in which all its component parts seem to work against each other but really move as fluidly as a well-oiled machine.
The plot is hardly a new one, though it is far reaching and, sadly, universal. A young Turkish woman named Umay (Siebel Kekilli) is forced to live with an abusive husband named Kemal (Ufuk Bayraktar) within the confines of an Old World culture. After one beating too many, Umay and her young son Cem (Nizam Schiller) board a plane to Germany and arrive at her parents’ front door. Unfortunately, life with her family is not as she hopes, and...
- 1/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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