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The Diamond Sea

2021 · 18 min

A quiet, drifting slice of life that asks patience, offering small encounters and a melancholy sense of community by the water.

Directed by
Arda Ekşigil
Genres
Drama
Starring
İpek Türktan, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Mustafa Uzunyılmaz
Overview
Jale, a free-spirited street vendor in her late thirties, roams around the forsaken shores of the Bosphorus. She crosses paths with heartbroken teenagers, an obnoxious admirer, exorcists, exhibitionists, fellow street sellers, fisherwomen and treasure-hunters. Like frogs gathered around a pond, they only have each other––and the timeworn, yet still glittering, Diamond Sea.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Arda Ekşigil
Genres
Drama
Starring
İpek Türktan, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Mustafa Uzunyılmaz
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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
    • isolation
    • loneliness
    • class
    • survival
    • identity
    Places
    • sea
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Arda Ekşigil
    Written by
    Arda Ekşigil
    Starring
    İpek Türktan, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Mustafa Uzunyılmaz, Hüseyin Sevimli, Ulaş Akarsu, Şirin Taşpınar, Yenak Özkarslıoğlu, Günsu Sarı
    Cinematography
    Meryem Yavuz
    Runtime
    18 min
    Country
    Turkey
    Languages
    Turkish

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