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Times and Winds
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Times and Winds or is a 2006 Turkish drama film directed and written by Reha Erdem. The film premiered in the United States on January 11, 2008. It won the Best Turkish Film of the Year Award at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
Plot
In a small village in the mountains overlooking the sea the people struggle to survive on a daily survival basis. They live in a primitive way and they live according to the rhythm of the earth, air and water, day and night and seasons. The daily time is divided into five parts by the sound of the call to prayer and through history they have lived in the same way. Childhood is difficult and a father typically has a preference of one son over the other. Omer, the son of the Imam, is such a victim of his father's dislike and he wishes for the death of his father. When his wish is not granted he begins to look for ways to kill him as a twelve year old boy might think of with his friend Yakup. Yakup seeing his father sexually interested in his teacher also develops a hatred of his father in the same way and as the children grow up they are riddled between guilt and love and hate for their fathers.
Cast
Taner Birsel as Zekeriya
Nihan Asli Elmas as Yildiz's Mother
Koksal Engur as Halil Dayi
Sevinc Erbulak as Yakup's Mother
Selma Ergec as The Teacher
Elit Ican as Yildiz
Ali Bey Kayali as Yakup
Yigit Ozener as Yusuf
Tilbe Saran as Omer's Mother
Tarik Sonmez as Shepherd Davut
Cuneyt Turel as Grandfather
Bulent Yarar as Imam
External links
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