Underplayed Gems

The Waterfall (2001)

The Waterfall poster
Original title
Şellale
Directed by
Semir Aslanyürek
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Turkey
Runtime
2h
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A famous painter goes back to his childhood home in Turkey. He remembers growing up in a politically divided family before the 1960 military coup.

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What happens

The Waterfall (Turkish: Şelale) is a 2001 Turkish comedy-drama film, written and directed by Semir Aslanyürek, about a famous painter returning to his hometown to remember his childhood in a politically divided home just before the 1960 military coup d'état. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on November 16, 2001 (2001-11-16), was described by author Rekin Teksoy as a "lively, fresh look at the director's childhood." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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