Kosmos (2009)

A strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem. Yahya is nearly in a panic when his ... See full summary »

Director:

Reha Erdem

Writer:

Reha Erdem

Stars:

Sermet Yesil, Türkü Turan, Serkan Keskin

16 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Sermet Yesil	...	Kosmos
Türkü Turan	...	Neptün
Serkan Keskin	...	Kahveci
Hakan Altuntas	...	Yahya
Akin Anli	...	Ilhan
Sencar Sagdic	...	Tahir (as Sencer Sagdiç)
Korel Kubilay	...	Baldiz
Cüneyt Yalaz	...	Yüzbasi
Suat Oktay Senocak	...	1. Koylu
Asil Buyukozcelik	...	2. Koylu
Nadir Saribacak	...	3. Köylü
Murat Deniz	...	4. Koylu
Saygin Soysal	...	Imza Karsiti Genç

Storyline

A strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem. Yahya is nearly in a panic when his young son falls into the river on a wintry day and looks lifeless when he's pulled from the water. But a stranger appears out of nowhere and takes the boy in his arms, and suddenly the child is breathing and perfectly healthy again. Yahya and his teenage daughter Neptun are grateful to the stranger, who they discover is named Kosmos, and they bring him into town, where they offer to find him a place to stay. But Kosmos, who often prefers to communicate in inarticulate noises, doesn't care for his new accommodations, and he develops a bad reputation for his habit of stealing things, his strange diet (consisting entirely of sweets), and his desire to bed as many women as possible, including Neptun. Kosmos is on the verge of being driven from the village when it's discovered that he can heal himself at ...

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | modern shamanism | one word title | title spoken by character | 

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Taglines:

Kosmos is the story of a thief who works miracles.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Karsimiz
Performed by Nuran Çapan
Emi Muzik

User Reviews

losing the control

Granted this movie is one of the best Turkish films in its visual aspects. it is so wonderful to see this in a movie that has a very pale color scheme. you can pause most of the scenes and exhibit them as photographs. and i would be glad to hang one of them on my wall.

and it had a symphony concert affect to my ears. I cannot articulate what else to say about that. defining sound is as hard as defining the taste of an apple.

however, a director should always bear in mind that having a wonderful visuality and delightful sound necessarily suggest a wonderful film. I understand that this movie tries to separate itself from the rest with claiming that it has some issues to share, it wants to show you people something and do not want to make these so obvious because it is afraid of being a mainstream trash with its storytelling.

but this kind of an approach also bears the risk of being an outcast which limits the number of theaters that wants to screen it because the movie has the risk of not being understood since it avoids the traditional storytelling. therefore director's complaints about not being able to find a big number of theaters is meaningless when a director sets out for this. there is no way that this kind of festival movies will get closer to 100 000 viewers.

To conclude, wonderful photography, frantic sound but a weak plot and storytelling which leaves everything all over the place and above all such a weak script (which makes you think that it was intentional but I did not feel that) ends up to this. max 7 thousand viewers and a discouraging step for the following filmography. (for the director, for the producers, for the theater and most importantly for the viewer.)

Details

Country:

Turkey Bulgaria

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

16 April 2010 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Κόσμος

Filming Locations:

Kars, Turkey

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$79,914

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlantik Film, Elmalma Marka Iletisim, Imaj

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1