2006 · drama · miniature · ottoman
Waiting for Heaven
Directed by Derviş Zaim1h 47m2006
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.
Our read: Waiting for Heaven (2006) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · miniature · ottoman entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / miniature, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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