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Egg. (2007 film) Egg ( Turkish: Yumurta) is a 2007 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The film is the first instalment of the Yusuf Trilogy, named after the eponymous lead character of the series, which includes Milk and Honey, filmed and released in reverse chronological order. It was shown Directors' Fortnight at the 60th ...
- Turkish
- Semih Kaplanoğlu, Orçun Köksal
- Semih Kaplanoğlu, Lilette Botassi
- Semih Kaplanoğlu
Nov 9, 2007 · Egg: Directed by Semih Kaplanoglu. With Nejat Isler, Saadet Aksoy, Ufuk Bayraktar, Kaan Karabacak. Yusuf, who goes to town for his mother's funeral, meets his mother's friend Ayla.
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- Drama
- Semih Kaplanoglu
- 2007-11-09
Synopsis. Poet Yusuf (35-38) returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn’t visited for years, upon his mother’s death. He is faced with a neglected, crumbling house. Ayla, a young girl (17-19) awaits him there. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this distant relation who had been living with his mother for five years; He stays ...
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- Semih Kaplanoğlu
Egg ( Turkish: Yumurta) is a 2007 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The film is the first instalment of the Yusuf Trilogy, named after the eponymous lead character of the series, which includes Milk and Honey, filmed and released in reverse chronological order. It was shown Directors' Fortnight at the 60th Cannes Film Festival.
Egg (Turkish: '''Yumurta''') is a 2007 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The film is the first instalment of the Yusuf Trilogy, named after the eponymous lead character of the series, which includes Milk and Honey, filmed and released in reverse chronological order. It was shown Directors' Fortnight at the 60th Cannes Film Festival.
A woman walks past a murky landscape in towards the camera and then walks out. It is a terribly slow scene. As the film moves forward you get a clearer understanding of that scene and it appears as a very important part of the experience. The story follows a man who returns to his village after his mother dies.
Making a film is like praying. This article analyses the influence of Sufism in the films of the Turkish director Semih Kaplanoǧlu, with special emphasis on his trilogy Egg, Milk and Honey. Kaplanoǧlu’s cinema is highly poetised and spiritually Eastern, marked by the melancholia of the Sufi doctrine. Kaplanoǧlu’s films show today’s ...
