Film Fresh - Turkish

Fighter

maint — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:07:50 +0000

$19.99

Newcomer Semra Turan delivers a star-making performance as Aicha, a Copenhagen high school senior who dreams of becoming a champion kung fu fighter. But when her conservative Turkish parents demand she go to medical school, Aicha instead begins secretly training at the local academy of Sifu (Xian Gao of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON). In a brutal sport where men make the rules, can a strong-willed woman battle her way to respect? And in a world where cultures clash as hard as any combat, will she survive long enough to decide what's worth fighting for? Cyron Melville and Sadi Tekelioglu co-star in this explosive drama featuring stunning choreography by Xian Gao that goes far beyond the usual martial arts movie.

List Price: $24.98

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Film, 2008 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Actress (Turan), 2008 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=review&id=2478&reviewid=V...

Review quote:

"[A] quality teen drama [that] boasts an appealingly feisty heroine and high-energy martial arts action choreographed by Xian Gao." -- Alissa Simon, VARIETY

Year:

2007

Length:

101min

Price: $19.99

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Climates

maint — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:48:57 +0000

$19.99

A university professor and his younger girlfriend touring ancient Turkish ruins. Isa the professor takes pictures for his still unfinished thesis, while Bahar, vacationing from her job as a television producer, watches him from afar, tears streaming from her eyes. Isa and Bahar, it seems, are falling out of love.

List Price: $29.99

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Palm, 2006 Cannes Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Won: FIPRESCI Prize, 2006 Cannes Film Festival

Won:Best Turkish Film of the Year, People's Choice Award, 2007 Istanbul International Film Festival

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/movies/27clim.html

Review quote:

"Confirms 47-year-old Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan as one of the world's most accomplished filmmakers." -- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE

Year:

2006

Length:

97min

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Distant

maint — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:48:56 +0000

$19.99

Winner of the Grand Prix and two Best Actor Awards at the Cannes International Film Festival, DISTANT set in a wintry, contemporary Istanbul, is a profoundly beautiful film about detachment and isolation. Mahmut, a relatively successful commercial photographer, has been struggling to come to terms with the growing gap between his artistic ideals and his professional obligations. His workload, coupled with the lingering loss he still feels for his ex-wife, leaves him clinging to the obsessive routines of his solitary life. Without warning, Mahmut's distant relative Yusuf arrives in Istanbul determined to find a job. In need of a place to stay as he searches for work, Yusuf imposes himself on Mahmut, who resents the sudden intrusion, but nonetheless feels obliged to help his family. As the two men struggle to make a connection, communication is slowly reduced to the bare minimum; and their time together must come to an end. Buoyed by comic moments, DISTANT is an unforgettable and insightful meditation on the human condition and the bittersweet feeling of being alive.

List Price: $29.95

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Best Director, 2003 European Film Awards

Awards – Won:

Grand Prize of the Jury, Foreign Cineaste of the Year, Best Actor (Ozdemir, Toprak), 2004 Cannes Film Festival

Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Toprak), 2002 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/05/11/uzak_2004_review.shtml

Review quote:

"Few recent films have been so accomplished in capturing the way people drift through their lives, unable to communicate their emotions and feelings." -- Tom Dawson, BBC

Year:

2002

Length:

105min

Price: $19.99

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Three Monkeys

maint — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:48:54 +0000

$19.99

After his critically acclaimed mood pieces DISTANT and CLIMATES, leading Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan shifts gears in this twisty, noirish tale while retaining his mastery of ambience, nuance and astonishing cinematography. Winner of the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, THREE MONKEYS opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident in the dead of night. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyup to take the rap. While Eyup stews in jail, this devil's bargain takes its toll on his brooding son Ismail and restless wife Hacer, who falls into an illicit affair with the politician. Ismail's discovery of his mother's infidelity and Eyup's suspicions after he gets out of jail crank up the simmering tensions in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts.

List Price: $29.99

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Teaser:

An ambitious politician flees a hit-and-run accident in the dead of night. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur to take the rap.

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Palm, 2008 Cannes Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Best Director, 2008 Cannes Film Festival

Best Director, 2008 Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_displa...

Review quote:

"A film whose every shot seems lifted right off the wall of an art gallery and just as powerfully, if quietly, satisfying." -- Peter Brunette, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Year:

2008

Length:

109min

Price: $19.99

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