Turquoise (2009)

Original title

Turquaze

Directed by

Kadir Balci

Genre

drama film

Country

Turkey, Belgium

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three Turkish brothers living in Belgium return to Ghent after burying their father in Istanbul. The film follows them as each brother struggles with his sense of identity between two cultures.

somberintrospectivemelancholicthoughtfulslow-burnearnestunderstatedquietly intense

What happens

Turquoise (Turkish: Turkuaze; Dutch: Turquaze) is a 2009 Belgian-Turkish drama film written and directed by Kadir Balcı about the identity crisis experienced by three Turkish brothers who return to the Belgian city of Ghent after they bury their father in Istanbul. The film, which went on nationwide release across Belgium on 29 September 2010 (2010-09-29), was selected for the 16th London Turkish Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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