Anatolia

I liked the movie very much. The incident is told very realistically and very naturally. There is a traumatic event in the movie. The characters constantly blame each other, but all characters are innocent. The movie seems to say that these are the conditions and they cannot be prevented. I was just disturbed by some of the child actors' dialogues. Because they were amateurs, it didn't sit well in their mouths. The kids were very grinning next to the professional players. It was a perfect festival movie. I congratulate the entire team who contributed.

It's so beautiful, sensational, genuine, simple and deep. It tackles an interesting important subject and implies a very powerful message and sheds light on a sad depressing reality. It's nicely shot, written and acted as well.

Such a simple and perfect movie.

Cinema should not be all about spending a fortune on GDI and stars.

A simple, good scenario, realistic characters and dialogs. It will take you to the atmosphere. You will feel cold and worried. It is telling the real, everyday people with good and bad inside them.

In a remote town lies a boarding school for the underprivileged children between the high hills of the mighty mountains. During the record-shattering winter, all of a sudden a kid is getting really sick and the hidden secrets are unravelling one by one.

Cold face of bureaucracy reminds itself in almost every chance of resolution. Coldness, loneliness and awkwardness of the coming of age, having noone to care for you, cold faces, cold waters to shower with, cold doors hits you right in the face...

Obsessed principals and teachers doing everything but their core job, to care for the children... It reminded me good old ''Ondskan'' and ''Les Choristes'' if you know what I mean. The taste is different in this one though.

If you wanna get lost in a snow storm-torn town and try to find a way out of a big crisis, here's you pick, don't miss it!

First of all, I would like to say that the script is particularly good and very strong. The acting is also above standard and very good. As the movie progresses, we see this. Actually nobody is clean. Everyone has a negative impact on the development of the story. I was especially mesmerized by the successful acting of the child actor. The only flaw is that the visuals could have been better. The fact that it was a low-budget movie affected the money allocated to cinematography. Directing indoors is difficult. But the director successfully overcame this challenge. If you want to watch a different movie, this movie will be a perfect alternative for you.