Review of Clouds of May (1999) by Sydney P — 27 Oct 2008
While Nuri Bilge Ceylan is usually at his best 'not talking', this earlier movie of his just talked a bit too much, being a sequel to THE SMALL TOWN and a pre-sequel to DISTANT, the director has always been great at depicting his own family members and other hometown people in all his semi-autographical movies, particularly interesting in this one is the director's tough, energetic father, Emin Ceylan, and the little cousin, Ali, together with the 'director' himself and his other cousin (as played by Muzaffer Ozdemir and Emin Toprak also in THE SMALL TOWN and DISTANT), they represent the different stages and moments of manhood, each with his own concerns, frustrations, adjustments and transitions (25/10/2008).
This review of Clouds of May (1999) was written by Sydney P on 27 Oct 2008.
Clouds of May has generally received very positive reviews.
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