The Small Town (1997)

Original title

Kasaba

Directed by

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Genre

drama film

Country

Turkey

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 116 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows a family living in a small, gloomy Turkish town. It shows how children see the world and how they deal with life becoming more complicated as they grow up.

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What happens

Kasaba (internationally known as The Small Town or simply The Town) is a 1997 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan in his feature film debut. The film tells the story of a family living in a gloomy small town in Turkey through the eyes of children and how they cope with the increasing complexity of life as they become adults. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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