SYNOPSIS: Laying bare forbidden yearnings, dawning sexuality, and oedipal rage, Times and Winds tells the story of three pre-adolescent friends coming of age in a remote Turkish mountain village. Young teen Omer contemplates the unthinkable as he bitterly struggles under the loveless emotional yoke of his scornful Muslim cleric father. Yakup, Omer s best friend, obsesses over a beautiful schoolteacher. Yildiz, recoils from burgeoning womanhood, and from the sordid carnal realities she has grown too old to ignore. Blessed with painterly wide-screen visuals, Estonian composer Arvo Part's sublime music score, and phenomenally surefooted performances from an astonishingly adept young cast, Times and Winds contrasts a parochial society s unending chain of cruelty with the pagan natural world s eternal and sensual beauty.

EDITORIAL REVIEW: A wonderful film that will immediately suck you in with it's glorious musical score and fantastic cinematography.  There is not a lot of dialog so much of the story of Times and Winds is told through the remarkable acting of its young cast.  If you have a widescreen TV you will appreciate the scenery even more, and your home theatre sound system will enhance your listening pleasure quite considerably (composed by Estonian, Arvo Part).

Özkan Özen plays Omer, the emotionally abused and troubled boy who wishes his father dead.  Ali Bey Kayali plays Yakup, Omer's best buddy (not that there is really much to choose from in this really tiny village) who is insanely in love with the village's only teacher.  You can say Omer is obsessed and even refuses to wash his hands after he gets a little of her blood on his finger when he helps his teacher with a foot injury (eww, kinda gross really - now that is love!).  Elit Iscan plays Yildiz, an adolescent girl on the verge of adulthood forced into taking on more responsibility than someone her age should be.  Times and Winds is a definite keeper for your coming of age film library, but it will best be appreciated by the true foreign film buff.

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STARRING: Özkan Özen, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan.
AVAILABILITY:: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 111 minutes.
LANGUAGE: Turkish, with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 2.35:1 (16:9 Widescreen); 5.1 Stereo; 1 discs; Chapter selection; Stills gallery; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Sexual innuendo, coarse language, violence.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Turkey (2006).
ALSO KNOWN AS: Bes vakit (original title).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  July 25, 2006.
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