| Le
Monde: "A Turkish revelation in San Sebastián… Oyun, by Pelin
Esmer, distinguishes itself by the vigor of the subject and the genius
of the personalities." |
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| Time
magazine - CNN: "Pelin Esmer's The Play is a joyous celebration
of the strength that comes with finding your voice." |
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| New
York Magazine: "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:
"Enlightening, touching and inspiring." |
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| Euskonews & Media:
"Wonderful Turkish documentary... An ingenious, entertaining
adventure, with a load of important social claim." |
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| Le Journal du Pays Basque:
"universal...with a cinematographic maturity." |
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| Le Journal du Pays Basque:
"This magnificient little film put a smile on the face of everyone
watching it." |
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| Gara:
"An exciting Turkish documentary
by Pelin Esmer.. Everything is relative, yes, except the good histories,
those are universal." |
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| Senses of Cinema: "Probably
the best film among the Turkish works at this year’s festival – and,
arguably, the best film at the entire [Istanbul] fest – was Pelin
Esmer’s The Play (Oyun). The Play’s energetic combination of crowd-pleasing
humour and sophisticated social critique should carry well across
borders." |
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| Variety: "Standout
docu in the recent Istanbul festival" |
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| cinema scope: "a riveting
documentary." |
