Winner of the best film and fipresci awards at the istanbul international film festival reha erdems deeply moving times and winds 2006 introduces to american audiences a director with an enormous potential. The film follows several young people on the cusp between childhood and adolescence. May 29, 2008 the turkish film times and winds, a tale of boyhood jealousies set in a remote anatolian shepherding community, reverberates with the repeated stark tones of parts orient and occident. Villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. Watch them grab power the way a drowning man clutches the leg of his friend. The fact that these stages are chronologically reversed, beginning at night and ending at dawn, is essential to the pictures portrait of youth on the cusp of awareness. Beautiful turkish masterpiece from reha erdem finally gets uk release on august 29 2008. Times and winds is a beautiful film, shot with a fluid lyricism by erdems regular cinematographer florent herry. As in iranian films that focus on childhood, the soundtrack of times and winds is filled with the stirrings of nature the wind rushing through trees, animal sounds and bird song from near. Lilting and meditative, reha erdems story of three adolescents in rural turkey captivates with intimate details and long takes of the endless. Bes vakit, or times and winds, is the fourth feature from the 48yearold writerdirector reha erdem, who has emerged alongside filmmakers nuri bilge ceylan and. T he five daily utterances of traditional islamic prayer provide the structure of times and winds, reha erdems slight but striking mood piece set in a small village overlooking the turkish seaside. The film premiered in the united states on january 11, 2008. Laying bare forbidden yearnings, dawning sexuality, and oedipal rage, the film tells the story of three pre.
Impeccablycrafted, beautifully lensed, and irresistibly poetic pic solidifies turkey as a hotbed for contemporary world cinema. They earn their living, on a daily survival basis, out of the earth and of a few animals they feed. The film stars fredric march and joan bennett, with a supporting cast featuring thomas mitchell, ralph bellamy and ann sothern. It won the best turkish film of the year award at the istanbul international film festival. Wideshot vistas of the unforgiving landscapes or of the minaretdominated village are intercut with mobile shots that track the young principals from behind as they walk briskly through the villages labyrinth of alleyways. Times and winds is a film bewitched by the rhythms of everyday life village voice that packs a poetic spiritual punch variety. Winner of the best film and fipresci prizes at the istanbul international film festival, reha erdems times and winds is a film quot. Winner of the best film and fipresci prizes at the istanbul international film festival, reha erdems times and winds is a film bewitched by the rhythms of everyday life the village voice that packs a poeticspiritual punch way beyond its placid surface variety.
Three youths ozkan ozen, ali bey kayali, elit iscan experience life in a turkish village. Omer ozkan ozen hates his father, the village imam, and imagines different ways to kill him. They will rise and fall and collapse, driven by the winds of time. But erdems film is not essentially political, despite its pointed view of patriarchy and sexism. A small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, facing the immense sea, flanked by olive yards. His friend yakup ali bey kayali has a secret infatuation with his teacher. Omer ozkan ozen imaginatively plots his fathers death, yakup ali bey kayali is in love with the village school teacher selma ergec, and yildiz elit iscans life is set to. Aug 28, 2008 bes vakit, or times and winds, is the fourth feature from the 48yearold writerdirector reha erdem, who has emerged alongside film makers nuri bilge ceylan and fatih akin as a turkish director. The look of the picture is quite good, with erdem and cinematographer florent henrys frequent lingering on the landscape of the mountain town looking particularly nice. Bes vakit, or times and winds, is the fourth feature from the 48yearold writerdirector reha erdem, who has emerged alongside filmmakers nuri bilge ceylan and fatih akin as a turkish director. If you think this answer is not correct you can leave a comment and we will do our best to help. Times and winds out now on dvd reha orders hypnotic comingofage drama is set in a poor, rural village where each day is divided into five parts by the sound of the call to prayer. Jan 04, 2008 rather, meaning in times and winds is embedded in painterly compositions and rhyming camera movements which, repeated as visual motifs and scored to arvo parts insistent chorales, frequently push the narrative out of ethnographic naturalism and toward a subtly operatic pantheism.
Trade winds is a 1938 american comedy murder mystery, directed by tay garnett written by dorothy parker, alan campbell, and frank r. Three youngsters lead difficult lives in a poor, rural mountain village in northern turkey. Also, movie is originally titled times five or five times which indicates the times they go to pray but they went with time and winds for the english translation. Times and winds 111 mins winner of the best film and fipresci prizes at the istanbul international film festival, reha erdems times and winds is a film bewitched by the rhythms of everday life the village voice that packs a poeticspiritual punch way beyond its placid surface variety. Times and winds takes us to rural turkey, where modernity has barely reached a farming society. Times and winds a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, facing the immense sea, flanked by olive yards. Overview of times and winds, 2006, directed by reha erdem, with ozkan ozen, ali bey kayali, elit iscan, at turner classic movies. I think that wind sound came from the eraserhead sound designer alan splet, when he was in findhorn, in northern scotland, i think it was.
Jan 11, 2008 as in iranian films that focus on childhood, the soundtrack of times and winds is filled with the stirrings of nature the wind rushing through trees, animal sounds and bird song from near. Titta pa times and winds film online streaming i high definition now. Times and winds is a turkish slice of life drama set amongst the harsh windswept mountains where villagers, steeped in tradition, toil on a daily basis to make a living. The look of the picture is quite good, with erdem and cinematographer florent henrys frequent lingering on the landscape of the. The august winds gust and a poetic duel between life, death, loss, memory, the wind and the sea ensues. Times and winds 2007 tribeca film festival tribeca. Erdem repeatedly connects us to the feelings of his young protagonists on a level that transcends specific experience and taps most effectively into our own. Times and winds was shot at a very wide widescreen 2. Two new movies to dvd, reha erdems times and winds 2006 and ramin bahranis chop shop 2007, make their individual cases that little outside of the movie dynamic has changed at all, and that life as a 12yearold in any corner of the globe is still subject to. Winner of the best film and fipresci prizes at the istanbul international film festival, reha erdems times and winds is a film bewitched by the rhythms of everyday life the village voice. While times and winds retains focus on the small details and individual relationships within this community, a secondary theme reveals itself in the narrative structure of the piece.
Wind river jeremy renners performance reminds you that he is a leading man, albeit an unconventional one, who has been wasted for too long ed potton. Aug 16, 2008 times and winds takes us to rural turkey, where modernity has barely reached a farming society. Any film detailing such a place presents a paradox, since technology running at 24 frames per second is, for these people, a thing yet to come. This was the 3rd turkish film i have seen this year and cant get over the spectacular scenery in all the films. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Watch them clutch money the way a child grips a doll or a mad soldier grabs his rifle to silence us. The film is less interested in telling an overarching narrative and more about capturing the daily lives, troubles and dramas of three children on the cusp of adolescence. With ozen ozkan, ali bey kayali, elit iscan, bulent emin yarar. Fa gratis titta pa film pa natet med enkelt fyll i anmalningsformular. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Laying bare forbidden yearnings, dawning sexuality, and oedipal rage, it tells the story of three preadolescent friends coming of age in a remote turkish mountain village. Elsewhere, the children simply lie back and gaze up at the sky, lost in vacant contemplation. Bes vakit is a 2006 turkish drama film directed and written by reha erdem.
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