2008 · drama · kurdish · political
The Storm
Directed by Kazım Öz2h 36m2008
Cemal comes to Istanbul from a small Kurdish town after finishing high-school to pursue higher education. He feels isolated and out of place in the crowded city and soon meets a group Kurdish students who are against the repressive Turkish political system.
Our read: The Storm (2008) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · kurdish · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / kurdish, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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