Clouds of May

Name: Clouds of May
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 10, 1999
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Emin Ceylan, Emin Toprak, Fatma Ceylan, Muhammad Zimbaoglu, Muzaffer Özdemir

1999

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Filmcoopi Zürich | Release Date: December 10, 1999

Starring: Emin Ceylan, Emin Toprak, Fatma Ceylan, Muhammad Zimbaoglu, Muzaffer Özdemir, Sadik Incesu

Summary: This is a movie within movie, which is almost recursive, i.e., the movie inside looks like director Ceylan's previous movie, Kasaba. It is about the movie director, Muzaffer, going back to his hometown to make a movie using a cast of local people. While Muzaffer is around, his mother complains about simple health problems, his father is inThis is a movie within movie, which is almost recursive, i.e., the movie inside looks like director Ceylan's previous movie, Kasaba. It is about the movie director, Muzaffer, going back to his hometown to make a movie using a cast of local people. While Muzaffer is around, his mother complains about simple health problems, his father is in a legal fight against the government for his land, his cousin gets out of his job to help Muzaffer who promises him to find a job in Istanbul, and his little cousin Ali tries to carry an egg in his pocket for 40 days so that he'll get the watch of his dreams. In the meantime, they get to form the cast for Muzaffer's movie as well.… Expand

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 130 min

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A.O. Scott

The film's shapeliness and depth are not immediately apparent; for much of its running time, it feels diffuse and anecdotal, but in retrospect you appreciate the subtlety and heft of the story, as well as the tricky profundity of Mr. Ceylan's approach. Read full review

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The lovely substance is in the wit, the nuances, the rhythms, and Ceylan's own very fine colour camerawork. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

This subtle, beautifully shot film is a gently ironic study of the relationship between a Turkish filmmaker, who has returned to his country home to make an independent movie, and his elderly father, whom he has recruited as an actor. [13 Oct 2000, p.L]

David Stratton

Though it moves more slowly than the tortoise prominently featured in one sequence, Clouds of May is the kind of film that creeps up on the patient viewer. Read full review

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