Cici

Never have I ever seen such a full bodied turkish production with such cross referenced editing and interwoven story and succesful character development not only in a leading role but in the entire parts. The cast, acting, set design, cinematography, picture, editing, sound.. they all combine in this contemporary masterpiece.

Titled ironically, the movie throws many questions in the air. Whether lf things could have been else way, would they bring happiness in life or does growth and progress always happen for the best?

A continuos feeling of nostalgia crushing your heart over and over, the movie (imo) is in the league of Cinema del Paradiso.

Anatolian family drama... oldest tale on this land. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's not fresh. It's not original or bold, but it is... new, you know. Like renewed antiques.

Oya did it again of course and has been acknowledged by his trademarks, zoom in/outs, dark and folkloric comedy, keep the characters centered and so on.

Writing is good, acting is superb (except fatih artman, who is one of my favorites but dude can only act angry, shouting, rude man). Casting is spot on.

However it's long. Oh man it's long. It's like dragging on and on and on. You are not Nuri Bilge Ceylan, you know. Keep it short keep it fresh.

Must see

8/10.

A film signed by Berkin Oya, who deserves the title of 'Auteur' director even before he is 45 years old.

The movie wasn't actually made for Netflix. Netflix later joined the project and bought all the rights of the film without being a passenger of the Antalya Film Festival.

Berkun Oya, who has worked at every stage of a set and gained experience, presents us with the master framing, actor/actress management and script language that we are used to in this film.

The advantage of having full control in the series, theater plays, films and even in writing is a plus.

If we talk about this movie; The fact that he used the experienced actors and actresses for the cast and inexperienced actors in the same frame and the equal distribution of roles in each frame is proof of how much he trusts himself.

Having started his career as a cameraman, Yagiz Yavru's cinematography is magnificent.

Ali Aga, on the other hand, made the film even more watchable with an edit worthy of him.

Eli Haligua and Fatih Ragbet did a great job in sound engineering.

It would take pages to praise the names in the cast of the movie one by one, everyone in the cast believed in the work, many of whom had already worked with Berkun Oya...

But a round of applause is needed for Okan Yalabik and Nur Sürer...

First of all, I liked the picture. The terrain is perfect and reminded me my own childhood and i like the pictures that i could relate.

Secondly actor performances is perfect. If I should be more specific I loved the the way that Ayca Bingol acted.

Even though actor performances are brilliant, build up is weak. One minor event led huge consequences which is not believable for me. In Turkey's world almost everybody has much more trauma that we need push down so I would expect more strong back story from Berkun Oya who is very capable to do so.

I can not wait to watch next project of Berkun Oya.

Discounting a couple of problems caused by two distinct narration styles applied in the beginning scenes and the rest parts of the movie, Cici is a fascinating family drama. Despite its plain and unagitating langue, the movie skilfully achieves to build a riveting and immersive story.

In addition to many succesful scenes and glorious acting performances, this movie also deserves attention even for only mesmerizing performance of Olgun Simsek (character Cemil), who creates an excellent scene (in the middle part of the movie) with an inimitable smile spreading a great sorrow.

Congratulations to director-writer Berkun Oya and the whole team.