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Kolonya Cumhuriyeti (2017)
One of the best absurd comedies ever.
It is hard to belive that the rating of this film is so low. I don't understand people who scored this movie under 7. I am sure that this movie reminds them the reality that we are all in and it is hard to accept by many people. The performance of the actors and actresses is wonderful and the jokes are hilarious and genius. I really enjoyed every scene of this brilliant movie.
Iftarlik Gazoz (2016)
Not a typical Cem Yilmaz movie and adapted to conservative atmosphere of present-day Turkey
As you can read in other reviews and critics about the movie, it is not one of the typical Cem Yilmaz movies which are usually full of humor and sarcasm. The atmosphere and the characters, especially who speak the local accent, have made the film more realistic and hearty.The story is well written in the sense of unity and continuity. It holds the attention and curiosity of the audience on the story. But the plot is spread with the themes which are apart from each other. At first you feel like it is a movie showing the cruel times of Turkey in 1980s when the military took control of the country with a putsch and killed, tortured and imprisoned many people. But then you are confused because of the religious teachings and advice are being given by different characters in the whole movie.For example; the conservation between the ant and Adem about pilgrimage in his daydream. And the revolutionary conversations and sayings of Hasan make you think that it is a movie about the revolution or anti-capitalism. You can't get the gist of the movie because of these different and irrelevant themes mixed together. If you watch the movie from this perspective you catch lots of scenes like that. My interpretation about those superfluous religious scenes is that it is an effort to adapt the movie to conservative atmosphere of Turkey, which means not to disturb the community which is in charge with a conservative vision and also to expand the variety of audience. Except for the issues mentioned above, it is an enjoyable and at the same time heart burning movie.