2008 · history · drama · war
120
Directed by Özhan Eren, Murat Saraçoğlu1h 54m2008
During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something...
Our read: 120 (2008) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded history · drama · war entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured history / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- heavy
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