Underplayed Gems

Five Cities (2010)

Five Cities poster
Original title
Beş Şehir
Directed by
Onur Ünlü
Genre
drama film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young policeman moves to Istanbul and falls in love with a woman who works in a candy shop. Their story is part of a larger absurd poem about five people whose lives are connected in unexpected ways.

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What happens

Five Cities (Turkish: Beş Şehir) is a 2010 Turkish drama film, written, produced and directed by Onur Ünlü, about a young policeman just arrived in Istanbul who falls in love with a woman in a candy shop. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on April 9, 2010 (2010-04-09), won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul and has been described as, an absurd poetic tale of five seemingly unrelated people’s lives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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