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Çilingir Sofrasi (2022)
Dialogue worthy of Tennessee Williams or Rainer Maria Fassbinder
Çilingir Sofrasi is a fantastic new film (2022) by director Ali Kemal Guven with a meeting at its heart of two former high school lovers who have a raki-soaked evening in a meyhane in Beyoglu. They represent the great divide in Türkish gay society: The lonely self-declared homosexuals and the married hypocrites. The flame has not gone out at all for these two former lovers and their evening together provides ample material for two masterful performances and a thrilling dialogue worthy of Tennessee Williams or Rainer Maria Fassbinder. Guven as screenplay writer/director has thrown the antagonist and protagonist into a superbly crafted paean to human illusion and longing, accompanied by traditional Türkish meyhane soul. Look out Ferzan Özpetek.