Üç Maymun

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Üç Maymun

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Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Produced by Zeynep Özbatur
Written by Ebru Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Starring Yavuz Bingöl

Hatice Aslan

Cinematography Gökhan Tiryaki
Editing by Ayhan Ergürsel

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Running time 109 min.
Country Turkey
Language Turkish
IMDb profile

Üç Maymun is 2008 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Its international title is Three Monkeys.

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[edit] Story

A family dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies battles against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth... In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing Three Monkeys invalidate the truth of its existence? [1]

[edit] Cast

  • Yavuz Bingöl (Eyüp)
  • Hatice Aslan (Hacer)
  • Ahmet Rıfat Şungar (İsmail)
  • Ercan Kesal (Servet)
  • Cafer Köse (Bayram)
  • Gürkan Aydın (The child)

[edit] Awards

The film premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on May 16th, where Ceylan won, ten days later, the Award for Best Director.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Üç Maymun, Story in English.

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Director, Cannes
2008
Succeeded by
TBD
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