Honey (2010)

Original title

Bal

Directed by

Semih Kaplanoğlu

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, France, Turkey

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

All

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 103 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Yusuf lives with his parents in a remote Turkish forest. He struggles with a stutter and worries about his father who works as a beekeeper in the wilderness.

slow-burncontemplativemelancholicquietvisually lushintimategroundednostalgic

What happens

Honey (Turkish: Bal) is a 2010 Turkish drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu, the third and final installment of the "Yusuf Trilogy", which includes Egg and Milk. It premiered on 16 February 2010 in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, where it became the third Turkish film, after Susuz Yaz in 1964 and Head-On in 2004, to win the Golden Bear award. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on 9 April 2010, was selected as Turkey's official candidate for the Best Foreign Film Oscar at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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