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Araf/Somewhere in Between
Araf
Directed by
Yesim Ustaoglu
Produced by Yesim Ustaoglu, Serkan Cakarer, Catherine Dussart, Viola Fügen, and Michael Weber
Written by Yesim Ustaoglu
Produced by Yesim Ustaoglu, Serkan Cakarer, Catherine Dussart, Viola Fügen, and Michael Weber
Written by Yesim Ustaoglu
With:
Neslihan Atagül, Baris Hacihan, Özcan Deniz, Nihal Yalcin, and Yasemin Conka
Cinematography:
Michael Hammon
Editing: Naim Kanat, Mathilde Muyard, and Svetolik Zajc
Music: Marc Marder
Editing: Naim Kanat, Mathilde Muyard, and Svetolik Zajc
Music: Marc Marder
Runtime:
124 min
Release Date: 21 September 2012
Color: Color
Release Date: 21 September 2012
Color: Color
This intriguing Turkish coming-of-age film has one very interesting main character and one not very interesting one. The film’s impressive use of locations to provide visual metaphors is striking but the story doesn’t fully come together. Perhaps there is something cultural that I’m missing, but the slice-of-life nature of the narrative gets boring quickly and that is never a good sign in a film that is giving you a window on a place that you don’t know much about.