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Mehmet Salih

2016

A quiet, patient portrait of a withdrawn child and his ailing mother, heavy with unspoken sadness.

Directed by
Güven Beklen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mehmet Salih Karaörs, Nimet İyigün, Kübra Teke
Overview
Based on a true story and real characters, Mehmet Salih recounts the drama of the title character, a quiet, introverted and solitary kid. Mehmet Salih lives with his mother a sick woman who eloped to get married. Altough he wets his bed every night, he tries to stop his mother doing the laundry every day.

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Directed by
Güven Beklen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mehmet Salih Karaörs, Nimet İyigün, Kübra Teke
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • parenthood
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight8

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Güven Beklen
    Written by
    Güven Beklen
    Starring
    Mehmet Salih Karaörs, Nimet İyigün, Kübra Teke, Kemal Burak Alper
    Country
    Turkey
    Languages
    Turkish

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