Noah Land

Shots were flawless. The movie looks beautiful from start to finish. Acting was of course great as expected from Haluk Bilginer and Ali Atay. The story wasnt shocking but it also wasn't the focus of the movie. What makes this movie so great is the cinematography and watching these characters interact. In that sense this movie is very similar to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's works. But since this is a debut film i dont think this is an issue. I believe the director will create his own style in time.

Actors and shots were great. Unfortunately the script was ordinary, nothing special. I can say this film resembles NBC's works a lot, but less philosophy in it for sure and worse screenplay. Even these flaws that i've mentioned, i should say Ertürk did a good job in his debut feature-length film.

You know the story, the atmosphere, the characters. From Nuri Ceylan filmography but , in same measure, because for a viewer from Balkans, all is obvious familiar. It is a beautiful film. Not surprising but correct in high measure for each detail. A father near his death, his son, return to a village, a disputed tree. And a last scene as support for remember similar many others. Short, just beautiful.

Cenk Erturk's debut film is very interesting--only if you are not familiar with the works of Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Erturk recaptures every element of a Ceylan and his wife Ebru Ceylan written script for their recent films. Erturk's "Noah Land" reeks of the structure of Ceylan's "The Wild Pear Tree" (2018) a film like "Noah Land" on how a grown-up man get's to finally reconcile with his father's quirky ideas and actions. Erturk in "Noah Land" even goes to the extent of lassoing the Ceylan thespian of "Winter'Sleep" (2014)--the amazing Haluk Bilginer to play the father figure once again as Ceylan did in his film. Even the Noah tree concept and the small time politics of Turkey hark back to Ceylan's "Once upon a time in Anatolia" (2011).

This is not to rate "Noah Land" as a poor film--it is indeed as good and laudable as a Ceylan film in style and content but unfortunately not unique in any respect if you are familiar with Ceylan's works.

The talented director Cenk Ertürk made a great job. Acting of all including the village people are great. It is really sad but must watch it.