A strange little film from Turkey made in the 80s. An artsy film in the sense of Ingmar Berman - not much happens, lots of moody atmosphere - but a lot more awkward and a bit amateurish.
What is interesting about this film is you can see it as one of the last calls from a time and an era that has been lost in Istanbul, from a time before the Anatolian flood.
There is a level of sophistication, a sense of cultured people fallen on hard times. All of the music is either European classical music or opera. The whole film takes place in a yali along the Bosphorus. The owner, short of cash perhaps, and from an old moneyed family, rents out rooms in his yali to artists. There are some lovely views out windows over the Bosphorus as ships and ferries glide by. In the background there is also a continual symphony of boat horns, seagulls and waves. There are several scenes in the yali garden right on the edge of the Bosphorus - quite charming. The yali owner even swims in the Bosphorus! From another time....
Unfortunately the sound is bad and the dialogue is very hard to follow.
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