8/10
Not for COLD Hearts!!!
12 January 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Well first of all to understand or feel this movie, you should be raised or somewhat lived in the western part of Anatolia. The accent,the people, the relationships and the region really varies from the other parts of Turkey.The fast and different accent is like their way of living.I think to reflect these dimensions the people from public are selected and also the only professional actor Turan Ozdemir worked in an ice-cream shop for 6 months to speak like one of the public.

I read and heard many comments insulting and disdaining the language used in this film to be coarse and not understandable.I totally disagree due to my 17 years in that area. I can assure you that this film doesn't include and use "Yesil Cam" clichés like "The son-father relationship" or "The orphaned kid" which is also used in the movie "Babam&Oglum" and reflects the objectivity of the accent due to using public.

This film tries to tell an ordinary day of that region by focusing on the "Ali usta" character who loses his motorbike in that day.It tries to tell the specific emotional motives,responses and characteristic profiles of the people of that area in that particular time period when the "ordinary-people" of that area are struggling in their minds with the way of dealing the "Changing World and Time" issue.

It is a good film but unfortunately Yuksel Aksu does not hold the experience and capability to achieve a masterpiece in this film.However it could be just watched with a respect to the efforts spared to this film.
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