Yumurta (2007)

Director:

Semih Kaplanoglu

Writers:

Semih Kaplanoglu (writer)
Orçun Köksal (writer)

Release Date:

9 November 2007 (Turkey)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Poet Yusuf (35-38) returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn't visited for years, upon his mother's death...

Plot Keywords:

Funeral | Loss Of Mother | Ritual Sacrifice | Sacrifice | Cemetery

Awards:

8 wins

Cast

Nejat Isler	...	Yusuf
Saadet Aksoy	...	Ayla
Ufuk Bayraktar	...	Haluk
Tülin Özen	...	Sahaftaki Kadin
Gülçin Santýrcýoðlu	...	Gül
Kaan Karabacak	...	Çapaci Çocuk
Semra Kaplanoglu	...	Zehra

Also Known As:

Avgo (Greece) (festival title)
Egg (International: English title)

Runtime:

Turkey:97 min

Country:

Turkey | Greece

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Company:

Inkas Film & T.V. Productions

Underwhelming

I liked Semih Kaplanoglu's last film "Melegin Dususu" which had a really great performance by Tulin Ozen. However, his latest film "Yumurta" goes absolutely nowhere.

Nejat Isler is a very charismatic actor who can command the screen as we have seen in "Barda", but in this film he is given little to do other than stare into space. There is very little dialog and even that is stilted and boring. This can't hold a candle to the greatness of last year's Golden Orange winner "Kader". There are few redeeming qualities about the film, namely the cinematography and soundtrack. Otherwise this is a real letdown.