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Istanbul Story

2016 · 177 min

A long, reflective journey through a city and a family's past, mixing warmth with quiet unease as old secrets surface.

Genres
Adventure, Drama, Family
Overview
Katia’s unexpected journey to Istanbul traps her in a chain of adventures enacted on the front of her disrupted childhood. She discovers her mother’s secrets and faces her own inner desires and dilemmas.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • memory
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
adventure, drama, family
Directed by
Fotini Siskopoulou
Written by
Cem Akcali, Fotini Siskopoulou
Starring
Mirto Alikaki, Kerem Can, Esin Alpogan, Deniz Türkali, Osman Alkaş, Sofia Seirli, Kostas Galanakis, Rahman Görede
Cinematography
Vassilis Klotsotiras
Runtime
177 min
Country
Turkey, Greece
Languages
English, Greek, Turkish

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