Mayis sikintisi (1999)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Writer:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (writer)

Release Date:

10 December 1999 (Turkey)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This is a movie within movie, which is almost recursive, i.e., the movie inside looks like director Ceylan's previous movie...

Plot Keywords:

Immigration | Alienation | Family Relationships | Cinema | Rural Setting

Awards:

12 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Emin Ceylan	...	Muzzafer's father
Muzaffer Özdemir	...	Muzaffer, the movie-maker
Fatma Ceylan	...	Muzaffer's mother
Emin Toprak
Muhammad Zimbaoglu	...	Ali
Sadik Incesu	...	Sadik

Also Known As:

Clouds of May (International: English title)
May Clouds (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | France:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Yenice, Çanakkale, Turkey

Company:

NBC Ajans

Quotes:

Muzzafer's father: Do they shoot the movies with these, Muzaffer?
Muzaffer, the movie-maker: No dad, we use these for test shots.

Life only life

Don't expect to find models or playboys in this movie. Nor expect people to hate or harm each other. There is not too much philosophical extravaganza either. No sex, no violence, no big words. So what made this movie to win so many awards in Turkey and elsewhere? "Mayis Sikintisi" (The Anxiety of May) is just about the simple and beautiful flow of daily life. Some commentators called it "a pastoral symphony". It has only a "slight narrative"; the story of the director himself, his own family and how he shot his first feature film "Kasaba" in his own native town. If you like the style of the contemporary Iranian cinema, especially that of Abbas Kirostami and Jaffar Panahi, you will surely like this movie. Watch "Mayis Sikintisi" and you will feel your mind and soul purified!