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Harem
Foreign Films
The second film in Ferzan Ozpetek's erotic trilogy (bookended by STEAM: THE TURKISH BATH and HIS SECRET LIFE), HAREM is set against the backdrop of early 1900's Baghdad. Near the end...... read more
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Seytan
Foreign Films
Despite the criticism Gus Van Sant's PSYCHO remake received, it garners far more respect than this Turkish twin of THE EXORCIST. With most of the same scenes as in the original but...... read more
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Takva: A Man's Fear of God
Foreign Films
When Muharrem (Erkan Can), a dedicated practitioner of Islam, is given a job as a rent collector, his solitary, deeply religious lifestyle is upended: the new position provides Western...... read more
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Distant
Foreign Films
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's DISTANT chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut (Muzaffer...... read more
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His Secret Life
Foreign Films
When Antonia (Margherita Buy) loses her husband Massimo in a terrifying car accident, she is devastated. Taking care of necessary business after his death, she runs across a painting,...... read more
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Three Monkeys
Foreign Films
This Turkish film, which played in competition at Cannes, centers on a family that decides to play blind, deaf, and dumb to the various troubles in their lives. Directed by Nuri Bilge...... read more
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