Times and Winds
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71% Critic Match

Times and Winds

7.1 / 10 2006 1h 51mNR Turkish
Drama

Storyline

In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their sons. Mothers command their daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, the son of the imam, wishes hopelessly for the death of his father. When he understands that wishful thinking does not have any concrete results, he begins to search for childish ways to kill his father. Yakup is in love with his teacher, and one day after seeing his father spying on the teacher he dreams too, like Ömer, of killing his father. Yıldız studies and tries to manage the household chores imposed by her mother. She learns with irritation about the secrets of the relationship between men and women.

Cast & Crew

OO

Ozen Ozkan

Ömer

Lead
AB

Ali Bey Kayali

Yakup

Elit İşcan

Elit İşcan

Yıldız

Bülent Emin Yarar

Bülent Emin Yarar

İmam

Taner Birsel

Taner Birsel

Zekeriya

Yiğit Özşener

Yiğit Özşener

Yusuf

Selma Ergeç

Selma Ergeç

The Teacher

TS

Tarik Sönmez

Hirtenjunge Davut

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Reha Erdem's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Times and Winds is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker