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Mavi Boncuk

1958

A wandering, sorrowful Anatolian tapestry where separated lives keep brushing past each other toward a fragile reunion.

Overview
The film is about a family that was torn apart by an earthquake and reunites. Metin is a journalist who is tracking down a legacy document. With Serçe Zeki as his guide, he travels all over Anatolia to find the document. Azize is a blind girl with a beautiful voice. She joins a traveling troupe to escape the abuse of her alcoholic stepfather. She joins this troupe on their Anatolian tour. Boncuk Ayşe is a mother who lost her children in the great earthquake and travels from city to city searching for them by selling trinkets. These people, who set out for various cities in Anatolia, occasionally cross paths. In one of these encounters, a murder committed by someone tracking their trail will unravel the web of relationships.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • grief
    • isolation
    • survival
    • fate
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    • road trip
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Esat Özgül
    Written by
    Esat Özgül
    Starring
    Hüseyin Peyda, Peri Han, Ekrem Bora, Sevim Çalışgir, Kenan Büke, Halide Pişkin, Salih Tozan, Hikmet Serçe
    Cinematography
    Manasi Filmeridis
    Country
    Turkey
    Languages
    Turkish

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