Combining elements of western with noir and intense sociopolitical comments in a Turkish movie, is not something we see everyday. It is, however, exactly what Emin Alper has achieved in “Burning Days”, an impressive movie in a number of ways.
“Burning Days” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Emre, a young and “by the book” prosecutor is newly appointed to a small town, where a water crisis has been causing sinkholes in the area, as the rather imposing first scene eloquently highlights. Soon, and after a wild boar hunt inside the streets of the town, he realizes that water is not the only problem, a sense that becomes even more intense when the next day, Sahin, the son of the local mayor, and his dentist friend, visit him in his office. Their attitude ranges from subservient to threatening, but their purpose, of taking him “on their side” is quite evident.
“Burning Days” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Emre, a young and “by the book” prosecutor is newly appointed to a small town, where a water crisis has been causing sinkholes in the area, as the rather imposing first scene eloquently highlights. Soon, and after a wild boar hunt inside the streets of the town, he realizes that water is not the only problem, a sense that becomes even more intense when the next day, Sahin, the son of the local mayor, and his dentist friend, visit him in his office. Their attitude ranges from subservient to threatening, but their purpose, of taking him “on their side” is quite evident.
- 3/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Combining elements of western with noir and intense sociopolitical comments in a Turkish movie, is not something we see everyday. It is, however, exactly what Emin Alper has achieved in “Burning Days”, an impressive movie in a number of ways.
“Burning Days“ is screening at Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Emre, a young and “by the book” prosecutor is newly appointed to a small town, where a water crisis has been causing sinkholes in the area, as the rather imposing first scene eloquently highlights. Soon, and after a wild boar hunt inside the streets of the town, he realizes that water is not the only problem, a sense that becomes even more intense when the next day, Sahin, the son of the local mayor, and his dentist friend, visit him in his office. Their attitude ranges from subservient to threatening, but their purpose, of taking him “on their side” is quite evident.
“Burning Days“ is screening at Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Emre, a young and “by the book” prosecutor is newly appointed to a small town, where a water crisis has been causing sinkholes in the area, as the rather imposing first scene eloquently highlights. Soon, and after a wild boar hunt inside the streets of the town, he realizes that water is not the only problem, a sense that becomes even more intense when the next day, Sahin, the son of the local mayor, and his dentist friend, visit him in his office. Their attitude ranges from subservient to threatening, but their purpose, of taking him “on their side” is quite evident.
- 11/10/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Compassion is in almost as short supply as water in Emin Alper’s sardonic, seething Un Certain Regard breakout “Burning Days,” a parched little parable about small-town corruption in chokingly patriarchal rural Turkey. Beginning and ending on the lip of a massive sinkhole on the village outskirts, and featuring a manhunt that echoes a wild boar hunt and a mirage-like lake whose waters may or may not be toxic, here, the cool filmmaking is subtler than the metaphors. But then, with mass detentions during the recent Turkish Pride celebrations still in the headlines, when it comes to homophobia, misogyny, masculine crisis and the other attendant cruelties of this strongman-led society, these are not subtle times.
A more genre-inflected movie than Alper’s Berlinale competition title “A Tale of Three Sisters”, “Burning Days” benefits from Alper’s sparse, boiled-dry screenplay and from Dp Christos Karamanis’s casually devastating widescreen photography. In an emblematically sweeping shot,...
A more genre-inflected movie than Alper’s Berlinale competition title “A Tale of Three Sisters”, “Burning Days” benefits from Alper’s sparse, boiled-dry screenplay and from Dp Christos Karamanis’s casually devastating widescreen photography. In an emblematically sweeping shot,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Don’t get too taken in by a first impression — that’s a lesson learned by the characters in “Monday,” but it’s valuable advice for the audience as well. What starts out as a sexy, sun-soaked romp becomes a heartbreaking examination of two people who are absolutely wrong for each other.
Not just any filmmaker can craft sex scenes that are both exhilarating in the moment and, in the aggregate, essential to building plot and character, but director Argyris Papadimitropoulos manages that delicate balance. The Greek locations (shot by Hristos Karamanis) are gorgeous, but what starts like a travelogue winds up more of a tragedy.
We first meet Chloe at a party, drunk and leaving screaming voicemails for the boyfriend who has stood her up. Host Argyris (Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos) introduces her to his friend Mickey (Sebastian Stan), the DJ, since they’re both American. Both attracted to him and emotionally fragile,...
Not just any filmmaker can craft sex scenes that are both exhilarating in the moment and, in the aggregate, essential to building plot and character, but director Argyris Papadimitropoulos manages that delicate balance. The Greek locations (shot by Hristos Karamanis) are gorgeous, but what starts like a travelogue winds up more of a tragedy.
We first meet Chloe at a party, drunk and leaving screaming voicemails for the boyfriend who has stood her up. Host Argyris (Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos) introduces her to his friend Mickey (Sebastian Stan), the DJ, since they’re both American. Both attracted to him and emotionally fragile,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Stormy awards sees Greek Academy blast government.
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan was the big winner at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story...
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan was the big winner at the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story...
- 3/22/2017
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Stormy awards sees Greek Academy blast government.
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan swept the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story Mythopathy, which won three...
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s (Wasted Youth) drama Suntan swept the Iris Hellenic Film Academy Awards on Tuesday evening (March 21) winning six prizes out of the 11 for which it was nominated including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Rotterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, SXSW, Odessa and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best screenplay, best actor for Makis Padimitriou and best supporting actress for Elli Tringou.
The Faliro House, Marni and Oxymoron production is a bitter sweet drama about a middle-aged doctor on a Greek island whose life turns upside down when he gets embroiled with a group of hedonist tourists.
The film is widely tipped to be Greece’s submission in the best foreign language category at next year’s Oscars.
World sales are handled by Us outlet Visit Films. Strand Releasing is the Us distributor.
Also winning awards was Tasos Boulmetis’ coming of age story Mythopathy, which won three...
- 3/22/2017
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
Alexis Alexiou’s neo-noir drama triumphed at an event dominated by the refugee crisis, with honorary award recipient Vanesa Redgrave speaking out against border policies.Scroll down for full list of winners
Alexis Alexiou’s sophomore directorial outing Wednesday 04.45 [pictured] swept the Hellenic Film Academy (Helfiac) Awards (aka the ‘Iris Awards’) on Monday evening (March 28) winning nine awards out of the 13 categories in which it was nominated, including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Tribeca, Karlovy Vary and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best editing, music, cinematography, production design, sound, special effects and actor for Stelios Mainas.
The Greek, German, Israeli co-production backed by Eurimages, is a neo-noir style drama where a club owner, faced with the 2010 recession and unable to repay a loan secured from a thug, tries to avoid bankruptcy.
Handled locally by distribution powerhouse Feelgood Entertainment and in Germany by the Neue Visionen Filmverleih, and sold internationally...
Alexis Alexiou’s sophomore directorial outing Wednesday 04.45 [pictured] swept the Hellenic Film Academy (Helfiac) Awards (aka the ‘Iris Awards’) on Monday evening (March 28) winning nine awards out of the 13 categories in which it was nominated, including best film and director.
The film, which played in the Tribeca, Karlovy Vary and Jeonju festivals, was also awarded best editing, music, cinematography, production design, sound, special effects and actor for Stelios Mainas.
The Greek, German, Israeli co-production backed by Eurimages, is a neo-noir style drama where a club owner, faced with the 2010 recession and unable to repay a loan secured from a thug, tries to avoid bankruptcy.
Handled locally by distribution powerhouse Feelgood Entertainment and in Germany by the Neue Visionen Filmverleih, and sold internationally...
- 3/30/2016
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
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