Sibel

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6.8/10

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25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled ... Read all25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vul... Read all25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vulnerable, he is the first one to take a fresh look at her.

Directors
- Guillaume Giovanetti
- Çagla Zencirci
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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

3.1K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Guillaume Giovanetti
- Çagla Zencirci
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 18 nominations total

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10Diconsolado

Beautiful captivating Sibel...

Here is a wonderful, sober little tale of a young girl, Sibel, but not just any young girl. A survivor of segregation. A fond and brave being, full of sensibility and with a compassionate heart that fights for her own voice - the only one that speaks the truth, the only one the world has tried to keep from our befuddled senses. Somewhat introduced as a lost and wild soul, she turns out to be the most dedicated spirited human in her land. Damla Sönmez captures us from start to finish, in a movie that flows through its story in a breath of an absolute and beautiful realism.

FrenchEddieFelson

Tale of another space-time

In a rural Turkish environment, the film describes for a few days a young mute woman (Sibel) who is rejected by an inhospitable and rough village community, and confronted with customs of another time. The overall result is a little bland: 5/6 of 10.

8calicut110

Powerful and unexpected

The actress and character are so badass you are left wondering why nobody else around sees that. That's a big part of the irony of this film. Aside from that I cared so deeply for these characters, great direction and storytelling. It was a thrilling journey. I could imagine this being a best foreign film nominee, it was that good!

10paridokhtar

helpful and powerful for women

The scanrio of this movie was simple but effective,and a motivation for women who has problems in their lifes,also i was shock and wonder by Damla Sonmez acting ,her acting was wonderfull,she is a talanted actress.

8christianworth

An original and fascinating tale with much to love.

Among the many endearing aspects of this movie, one must mention obviously the depiction of a rural society with rules and behaviors so far from ours but beyond that the structure of the story, the visual treatment, the color schemes are very interesting. Whether it is a true representation of the life in a given part of Turkey is not in my view relevant to the interest of the film. The feminist dimension is indeed there, but secondary to the plot.

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Trivia
The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in August of 2018.

Goofs
The story takes place in a particular region of Turkey (eastern region of the Black Sea coast) where locals are popularly known to speak in a distinct, heavily accented dialect of Turkish, yet the characters of the movie, locals of this region, speak Turkish without any accent.