In the middle of World War I, Turkish authorities enacted what amounted to an ethnic cleansing of Armenian people living within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. Around a million Armenians were killed, many of them starved, tortured and raped during forced marches through the Syrian desert. Women and children who survived were forced to accept the Islamic faith.
In this film, a young Armenian woman living in North America has a Turkish boyfriend with whom she has become pregnant. Her anxieties resulting from a story told to her by an older relative of the relation's mother's baby being cut out of her by Turks while she was pregnant and the both of them dying lead to a tense situation. She has previously told her boyfriend to 'stay away' since 'they can smell a Turk from a mile off'.
What actually happens is unclear. Does she lose the baby? What causes her to be in hospital? When her lover is on one side of the bed and her mother on the other, does this mean they've finally met and, presumably, reached some form of understanding?
Why does she go to the church at the end of the film?
This genocide is undoubtedly a significant historical event which requires an increased level of awareness throughout modern cultures. Obviously motivated by such feelings, I wonder why the filmmaker chose such a relatively oblique manner to portray these concerns.
Could have been much, much better.
In this film, a young Armenian woman living in North America has a Turkish boyfriend with whom she has become pregnant. Her anxieties resulting from a story told to her by an older relative of the relation's mother's baby being cut out of her by Turks while she was pregnant and the both of them dying lead to a tense situation. She has previously told her boyfriend to 'stay away' since 'they can smell a Turk from a mile off'.
What actually happens is unclear. Does she lose the baby? What causes her to be in hospital? When her lover is on one side of the bed and her mother on the other, does this mean they've finally met and, presumably, reached some form of understanding?
Why does she go to the church at the end of the film?
This genocide is undoubtedly a significant historical event which requires an increased level of awareness throughout modern cultures. Obviously motivated by such feelings, I wonder why the filmmaker chose such a relatively oblique manner to portray these concerns.
Could have been much, much better.
