Bes vakit (2006)

Réalisateur:

Reha Erdem

Scénariste:

Reha Erdem (writer)

Release Date:

11 janvier 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

A small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, facing the immense sea, flanked by olive yards...

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Solar Eclipse | Mountains | School Teacher | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Times and Winds.... glad to have had the opportunity to see this film.

Ensemble

Taner Birsel	...	Zekeriya
Nihan Asli Elmas	...	Yildiz's Mother
Köksal Engür	...	Halil Dayi
Sevinç Erbulak	...	Yakup's Mother
Selma Ergeç	...	The Teacher
Elit Iscan	...	Yildiz
Ali Bey Kayali	...	Yakup
Yigit Özsener	...	Yusuf
Tilbe Saran	...	Omer's Mother
Tarik Sönmez	...	Shepherd Davut
Cüneyt Türel	...	Grandfather
Bulent Yarar	...	Imam (as Bülent Emin Yarar)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Times and Winds (International: English title) (USA) (festival title)
Des temps et des vents (France) [fr]

Durée:

Canada:111 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Pays:

Turkey

Langue:

Turc

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Netherlands:6

Company:

Atlantik Film

Times and Winds.... glad to have had the opportunity to see this film.

On day 6 of our Toronto Film Festival I have found my gem of the year. Last year it was "Cafe Transit" and this year "Times and Winds".

Story follows several preteens in a small Turkish village. One boy imaginatively plots his father's death who mistreats him, one boy loves the village school teacher, and one girls life will change with the pending birth of new sibling. It is a story of the death of innocence meaning childhood and the journey into responsibility and adulthood. If I heard right, (??) the director said he either lived there/grew up in that village at one time. The child actors are wonderful for first roles. I seriously loved this film, very gently moving at most times with moments of the harshness of life thrown in.

Also, movie is originally titled Times Five (or Five Times) which indicates the times they go to pray but they went with Time and Winds for the English translation.

This was the 3rd Turkish film I have seen this year and can't get over the spectacular scenery in all the films. Makes you want to go to Turkey on a holiday.