Three Monkeys - DVD Review
By Ed Grant -- Video Business, 11/2/2009
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> Low-key character drama that won at Cannes.
Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Climates) returns with a somber, minimalist character study. The plot revolves around a chauffeur (Yavuz Bingol) who takes responsibility for a car accident caused by his boss, a politician (Ercan Kesal). Ceylan approaches his melodramatic subject matter in a naturalistic fashion, spotlighting the intense performances of his leads.
Shelf Talk: Ceylan won Best Director for this film at the 2008 Cannes festival. This fact and the film’s positive reviews will attract arthouse mavens to the title.
Foreign-language drama, color, NR (mature themes, brief nudity), 109 min., DVD $29.99, UPC: 795975112130, Turkish with English subtitlesExtras: director interview
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
First Run: L, March 2009, <$1 mil.
