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This film is an insult to the moviegoer and to the art of cinema itself. It is so incredibly bad that it would drive one to open an IMDb account just to give this movie a low rating. If you think that this movie was actually a joke, and that it was made merely to make fun of dull and meaningless romantic movies that take themselves too seriously (which is a natural assumption to make after seeing it), I got horrible news for you, it is not. I have never seen such an epic failure in my life. Terrible acting, piece of crap scenario, meaningless dialogue, this movie represents everything that is wrong with the Turkish cinema today. It should be shown in film school under the title: 'How not to make a movie' or 'How to torture your audience and bore them to death'. As I stated at the title, avoid it at all costs. Well, let's not be so harsh, there is an upside to it. If you're looking for a good laugh, this will work even better than Peter Sellers movies. The audience laughed so much that it was hard to follow the conversations. Definitely the worst movie I have seen in my life, period. Anyone who actually liked this movie, certainly lacks any kind of taste in movies.

People love their possessions.Anyone to argue? Their pets,cars,children,social status,money and wealth.. In her brilliant debut director Leyla Yılmaz gently suggests that some people pathologically cling to their possessions to fill their emptiness inside and to add some depth to the shallow sea that they pretend to call a charming life! The director certainly deserves the credit for defining delicately,how far,even the wealthy,well educated,'sophisticated' and the 'respectable' members of the society will travel to protect their dear possessions on a route which transforms them to a violent common criminal that is most unexpected of their refined existence!Surprise.Surprise.

It was the first time i have ever seen such a tough criticism of bourgeoisie in Turkish Cinema. It reminds me Claude Chabrol's movies.This film tries to lifts the veil from a group of people who are beautiful, distinguished, elegant and it makes us to see what they really hide under that veil. I think the first episode is very slow it is one of the most important problem of the film . Ayda Aksel, Engin Altan Duzyatan, Berrak Tuzunatac are fantastic in the movie. Especially Berrak Tuzunatac's performance is surprising to me. Also Zeynep Ozder, Tugrul Tulek are great! I think it is really brave trying for a first movie.

It was a great shock for me. Director plays our prejudices perfectly. It's like a peaceful, modest song. You can't love any character. Mert is a kind of modern times anti-hero. He is lying every single time and every people around him even yourself. It is very brave movie to talk about love between mother and son. Especially "the mother" is became to symbol of capitalism and holly property. Actually explaining is not easy like all difficult scripts. And also, it is a funny experience to understand "secret charm of Turkish Bourgeoise's" After three days I still thinking some dialogs very ironic behaviors... And I think it's big success for a first movie.

One of the best designed scenarios in Turkey written in last few years! Was hard to swallow for specific segments, and the criticism was tough to accept. However, story was so shiny for some superficial eyes, they were dazzled and couldn't see the real message. At the end, it was a film made to criticize the people who was afraid of the facts that against the status quo, things they didn't have courage to do. And, as an irony; its message determined the movie's fate: It made the "denied and cursed facts" list on the first page! İ think the problem was about the perception. There is a common opinion like popular movies don't have a message, and artistic movies don't care about box office. The dilemma of Bir Avuç Deniz was having both features; magnificent visuality and powerful story, made it impossible to be categorized in a specific group.

This is a good movie and kind of unexpected I must say. There are not a lot of Turkish movies that I find interesting (except for Head On, Love Bitter, etc.) This is one of those movies that makes you question certain things in our modern existence. I highly recommend it, it also ends interestingly. Enjoy. The movie further takes place in Istanbul and in parts of Aegean Sea, so enjoy the different geographies of Turkey. Turkey is one of these fascinating countries with several different cultures coexisting together. This movie reflects the life of the "elite" Turkish, but not being too cheesy. The elite Turkish truly has different set of values and rules reflecting a relict early 20th c. French culture (which was the major influence).

An incredible movie presents deep understanding of human psyche and behaviours artfully. Director Leyla Yilmaz is an incredible talent , hoping we will hear more from her. A beautiful masterpiece considering it is the first movie of the director. We can feel her subtlety at every camera angle, dialogue and scene. Human interactions reflected great with surprisingly good acting performances. Writing is also impressive. I especially liked the natural flow of conversations. Characters are genuine and real with multidimensional psychological and behavioral aspects. Story develops gradually and very strong. Great movie overall.