Mayıs Sıkıntısı (1999)
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Emin Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Fatma Ceylan, Emin Toprak
A filmmaker returns to his childhood town, where his family and neighbors become part of his effort to make a film.
The story
One spring day, Muzaffer returns to Yenice, the town in Çanakkale where he spent his childhood, hoping to make a film among its residents. After searching for actors, he decides to cast his mother and father. His father must contend with the threat of the state confiscating his field while also taking part in his son’s production. Around them, Muzaffer’s young cousin Ali is trying to get a musical clock, while Saffet, a villager who failed to enter university, asks Muzaffer for help finding a way out of factory work.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
One spring day, Muzaffer returns to Yenice, a town in Çanakkale where he spent his childhood. He wants to make a film in the town, where people carry on with their lives in their own way. After searching for actors for a while, he decides to cast his mother and father. While his father tries to prevent the state from confiscating his field, he also acts in his son’s film. Meanwhile, his maternal uncle’s young son Ali is trying to get a musical clock. Saffet, from the same village, fails to get into university and asks Muzaffer for help so he can escape working at the factory. This spare film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, which won many awards, is dedicated to Anton Chekhov.
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