Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi (2013)

Thou Gild'st the Evenis about the ordinary sorrows, worries, and troubles of the townsmen with extraordinary abilities. In a small Anatolian town, life goes on; Cemal is an assistant ... See full summary »

Director:

Onur Ünlü

Writer:

Onur Ünlü

Stars:

Ali Atay, Tansu Biçer, Cengiz Bozkurt

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ali Atay	...	Cemal
Tansu Biçer	...	Ismet
Cengiz Bozkurt	...	Nazim
Asil Buyukozcelik	...	Suleyman
Demet Evgar	...	Yasemin
Ismail Içen	...	Samet
Ercan Kesal	...	Irfan
Serkan Keskin	...	Dundar
Ezgi Mola	...	Cigdem
Aysenil Samlioglu	...	Kz Evket
Nadir Saribacak	...	Samim
Damla Sönmez	...	Defne
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan	...	Yakup Cicek
Hüseyin Tutan	...	Eniste
Kaan Yilmaz	...	Cengiz

Storyline

Thou Gild'st the Evenis about the ordinary sorrows, worries, and troubles of the townsmen with extraordinary abilities. In a small Anatolian town, life goes on; Cemal is an assistant referee in football matches, Yasemin works in an egg factory, Defne is a street vendor who sells books, Doctor Irfan is occupied with his patients. In this town with two suns and three full moons in the sky, Cemal ­-who can see through walls- has no expectation out of life and looks for a way out with Yasemin -who can move objects remotely with her fingers- as he was trying to deal with his distress. However, Defne, who can freeze time will muddle things up; Yasemin's immortal boss's actions will contradict the invisible elementary school teacher's advices who is trying to ease the worries of Cemal.

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Plot Keywords:

man hits a woman | vomiting | drug use | marriage proposal | stopped time | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

1 November 2013 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Fotizeis ti nyhta

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eflatun Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References South Park: Mysterion Rises (2010)

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Soundtracks

Gulmek Icin Yaratilmis
Written by Ulku Aker
Composed by Atahualpa Yupanqui
Performed by Mehmet Erdem

User Reviews

A difficult fantasy that asks basic questions about life

We just saw this movie at Cinequest 2014 in San Jose, California. It's a difficult movie and will be impenetrable for many. It seems to take place in a very Earth-like town but there are multiple moons in the sky and many residents have special powers. However, the residents all have Earth-like woes. The main character, Cemal, has a lot of woes. His mother and siblings died long ago in a fire. He lives with his dad and the two work in a barber shop. Cemal can see through and walk through walls but he spends most of his time in the movie wondering why he exists (and whether we exist at all) and what would have happened if we'd never existed.

As a result of Cemal living mostly in his own head, he has a series of misadventures over the period of a few weeks. The movie explains some but mostly it leaves you to fill in the gaps.

This movie is a visual poem on existence. The movie's title is a line in one of Shakespeare's sonnets, which starts:

"How can I then return in happy plight, That am debarred the benefit of rest? When day's oppression is not eas'd by night, But day by night and night by day oppress'd."

The sonnet plays a minor role in the movie, but those four lines from The Bard's poem explain the movie's nearly unexplainable plot.

This movie will be much easier to assimilate for people with a science fiction bent.