Drama

Bal

2010
7.1 / 10
The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
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Yusuf lives in the forest with his parents in the mountains of Turkey. The film's pace mirrors the slow rhythm of the mountain environment, where every day follows the same routine. Audience has time to reflect on the dialogues, actions and details of this nar...
The slow pace of Bal works to great affect as it explores the tribulations of a young boy not only with the conventional use of a storyline narrative but also with a range of beautiful compositions which equals the sophisticated style of vivid portraits. Yusu...
From time to time you encounter a movie that's excellent, but somehow doesn't get to you the way it should. This one's such a movie. So much is done the right way: the calm narrative style and some wonderfully photographed scenes deepen the already atmospheri...
In order to make a film deep and engaging, it doesn't always require a philosophic brilliance in the idea or an alien avant-garde approach to it.specifically if its to be in the domain of realism like this drama does all the depth and beauty of the art depends...
after watching hundreds of grate classic Hollywood films, Italian and French unforgettable masterpieces , it's amazing that this specific Turkish movie made it to the top of my list. It is made accurately and neatly , you can see how specific was the directors...
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