2023 · drama
Three Friends (Vietnam)
Directed by Nursen Çetin Köreken1h 28m2023
Hilal and Ayşe are cardboard collectors while Mercan works as a scrap collector. Gang leader Selim kidnaps the children and takes all their money. Hilal ends up losing her savings meant for her father’s medicine. The kids then decide to enter a pigeon race comptetition in the hopes of winning the big prize. But to prevent them from doing so, Selim sets their bird free. That act sets the three friends on a journey that will eventually strengthen their bond.
Our read: Three Friends (Vietnam) (2023) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- intimate
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