dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
year. 2008
country. Turkey
run-time. 109 mins
rating. 15
£6.00 (£4.50 conc.)
Doors - 6:30pm
Film - 7:30pm
Our Ceylan 22 season starts on the 22nd February and 3 other Ceylan's films will be screened on the 22nd of March, April, and May.
A family dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies battles against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth... In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?
The film won the Best Director Award at 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
“Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has turned his innovative talents to that old cinematic favourite, the crime thriller.” The Independent
“The film looks like a mixture of many different sorts of film: a portrait of guilt and denial in a dysfunctional family, also a conventional suspense thriller, and also a film with a shiver of the supernatural. It is certainly an engrossing work, it looks wonderful and every frame is dense with intelligence. “ The Guardian ***