What a beautiful movie I have just watched! It was unbelievably slow but also unbelievably beautiful...
Nothing exciting is happening in this movie. Most of the time, you will be just watching two main characters, a father and his 39-year old son, driving in a car through eastern Turkey and barely speaking to each other. Minimum actions and minimum words... This movie is not entertaining at all ... this movie is more like a much needed nap after a busy day at work ... it is like a sip of fresh spring water on a long hike... Breathtaking scenery of eastern Turkey and genuine honest emotions delivered by Kivanc Tatlitug and Settar Tanriogen - that is what will make your heart melt.
Both leading actors delivered outstanding performances but Kivanc is the one who simply blew my mind. How an actor not only is able to share such strong beautiful emotions with the audience but also does it so sincerely and naturally that makes me truly empathize with this lost little (39-year old) boy and makes me feel his pain as it is my own! Empathy... these feelings often get lost in the modern hi-tech world. Hats off to Kivanc for bringing them back! I hope to see more of him in the future in movies like this one.
This movie was a nice ending to my busy holiday weekend. It is a movie about forgiveness... about forgiving and being forgiven. We need more movies like this one in our fast paced life - movies that are unbelievably slow but also unbelievably beautiful... movies that gently remind us that life itself is unbelievably short but also unbelievably beautiful and there is absolutely no room for hard feelings in it, no matter how hard we try to keep them there.
I know that I will watch this movie again.
