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My Marlon and Brando
Turkey, 2008, 92 min.
The true-life border-crossing romance between a Turkish actress and her Kurdish lover gets a semi-fictional work-up with the real actress earning kudos for taking on her own role. A moving statement on war, human rights and the confining artificiality of borders.... more
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Pandora's Box
Turkey, 2008, 112 min.
When their aged mother goes missing near her Black Sea mountain home, a trio of neurotic Istanbul siblings come together and reopen old wounds. Like many films in this year's Festival, Pandora's Box is concerned with the way capitalism and modernity infringe on traditional life.... more
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Three Monkeys
Turkey, 2008, 109 min.
Bad faith, simmering resentment, adultery and murder all figure into Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan's darkly burnished fifth feature, in which his distinct visual style melds with a thriller plot. Best Director, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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