Of all the battlefields in the world, one of the most heated can be within the walls of a family home.Fikret Reyhan draws on this brooding and often bruising energy for this claustrophobic drama, which sees tensions mount for an extended family in Istanbul.
It's not immediately obvious why Fatih (Hakan Emre Unal) has brought his friend Ayhan (Görkem Mertsöz) and Ayhan's brother Cengiz (Süleyman Karaahmet) round for tea with his father Muhittin (Hakan Salinmis). All the rules of polite society are followed - the offering of drinks, the bringing of a gift of baklava but an unspoken pressure already exists between father and son.
As with most filial relationships, it's a tension that has been fed by many sources and across many years, in particular, feelings surrounding Fatih's stay and return from London, where he and Ayhan cemented their friendship. For all the politeness from Ayhan and Cengiz,...
It's not immediately obvious why Fatih (Hakan Emre Unal) has brought his friend Ayhan (Görkem Mertsöz) and Ayhan's brother Cengiz (Süleyman Karaahmet) round for tea with his father Muhittin (Hakan Salinmis). All the rules of polite society are followed - the offering of drinks, the bringing of a gift of baklava but an unspoken pressure already exists between father and son.
As with most filial relationships, it's a tension that has been fed by many sources and across many years, in particular, feelings surrounding Fatih's stay and return from London, where he and Ayhan cemented their friendship. For all the politeness from Ayhan and Cengiz,...
- 11/12/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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