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Boreas (2006)

Boreas poster
Original title
Poyraz
Directed by
Belma Baş
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
13 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl stays with her elderly relatives in a mountain house and watches their daily routines. The film shows their simple rustic life through her eyes.

quietpeacefulobservationalslowcontemplativewistfulintimate

What happens

Boreas (Turkish: Poyraz) is a 2006 Turkish short drama film, written and directed by Belma Baş, in which a child observes the rustic life of her elderly relatives in a remote old house in the mountains. The film was premiered in competition at the 59th Cannes Film Festival and was shown at the 43rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It was the basis for the director's feature debut Zephyr (2010). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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