A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019 · 108 min · TR · 7.3 (34 votes)
Dir. Emin Alper · Starring Cemre Ebüzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Kayhan Açıkgöz, Müfit Kayacan, Kubilay Tunçer
Drama

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents for different reasons, they are sent back to their father's house in their poor village. Deprived of their dreams of a better life, they try to hold on to each other.

VIBE

A heavy, suffocating atmosphere permeates this stark drama. The sisters' quiet desperation and shared longing for escape create a palpable sense of melancholy, underscored by the bleak, unchanging rural landscape. It's a poignant, yet often difficult, watch.

melancholicoppressiveresignedbleakslow-burnarthouse dramanaturalisticperiod piecesisterhoodpovertydisillusionmentfemale agency