I watched this at the Berlin International Film Festival and was pleasantly surprised how good it felt. Not like a feel good movie (it is drama), but how nicely it was played and written. While it is easy to see the attraction to our main female character, it is another thing to play that convincing. While it may not be without clichés, it still holds its own.
It's the old stranger comes into town (or home or whatever you wanna call it) and of course things start to change. Chemistry is important here, because it is basically people talking and interacting. Sometimes it might only be a look or gesture. But it never gets boring (if you like dramas that is).
Our Grand Despair
2011 [TURKISH]
Drama
59% - Audience
6.8
Plot summary
The peaceful cohabitation of bachelors Ender and Cetin is disrupted when they allow a friend's sister to move in with them. The 30-something longtime friends are overwhelmed by the presence of the uncommunicative Nihal. What possessed them to accept the responsibility of a university student in their home? Especially a girl struggling with the trauma of recently losing her parents in a car accident. But simple daily rituals like sharing meals eventually bring the three roommates together for more pleasant moments. Nihal soon comes out of her depressed shell and the two men discover a vibrant beautiful young woman. Always caring and protective gentlemen, Ender and Cetin are intent on being conscientious guardians. Nihal enjoys discussing literature and poetry with scholarly Ender, and she finds comfort in boisterous Cetin's earthy humor. Nihal is touched by the men's loyal friendship: in a sort of bromance since high school, Ender and Cetin now seem like an old married couple... Before they see what's coming, both men fall in love with the enchanting Nihal. But Ender and Cetin don't want to disrespect their good friend nor confuse his still-fragile sister. Ender and Cetin seesaw between feeling like protective fathers to acting like nervous school boys, wondering if they should confess their true feelings to Nihal...—anonymous
March 11, 2023 at 07:17 PM
Director
Seyfi Teoman
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 896.33 MB
1280*536
Turkish 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 37 min
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Love is a sickness cured by time
It all happened at a funeral. Fikret(Nihal's elder brother) asked his old friends Cetin and Ender if his sister crush with them for short time in their apartment. Cetin and Ender - two peas in a pod - accepted the offer reluctantly but this hesitance left its place to a powerful attachment. Day by day they wanted to take care of this little girl, whose parents died at a car crash.
Baris Bicakci's (writer of the novel) almost all novels take place in Ankara, which gave his writings a dark but a warm theme like you've always known the main charachter. There is always a nice and shy man and a little bit masculen but pretty woman which he loved loyally.
While you are watching this complicated love triangle you're gonna smile like a child and mourn like lost your beloved. I strongly recommend this film to romantics and love-believers. Be ready for a nice and cozy film. A silent master piece.
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My Favourite movie!
I think this film is very dramatic and realistic, the characters are real life person. This movie about 30's bachelors and their traumas about their lifes, relationship and family. I watched this movie in Istanbul Film Festival and then i went a bookshop and bought the novel.
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