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New
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"Boisterously
insightful, hilarious and socially relevant in equal measure, and
the perfect antidote to today’s crop of dryly crusading, good-for-you
documentaries. Not to be missed." |
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TimesSquare.com:
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"Enlightening,
touching and inspiring." |
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Ioncinema: |
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"Very
entertaining and helps us understand the issues at 'play'.” |
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Le
Monde: |
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"A
Turkish revelation in San Sebastián: Oyun, by Pelin Esmer, is distinguished
by the vigor of the subject and the genius of the personalities. This
documentary follows, with much sobriety, the preparation of a theatrical
play by a group of Turkish peasant women. They had no right to study,
almost all were married by force and suffer the abuse of their spouse,
the bullying of their in-laws. The director captures an extraordinary
process, which begins with the tales of individual tragedies of each,
and ends by the presentation of farce which they finally create. In
the course of rehearsals, these timid peasant women become fabulous
actresses and develop spontaneously an uncompromising and constructed
feminist speech. At first experienced as a hobby, the theatre becomes
a question of life or death, which brings them self-respect, respect
on behalf of their husband, and an enormous hope for generations to
come. In front of the camera, it is a true revolution which took place,
peaceful, emotional and dreadfully cheerful." |
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