Jîn (2013) Jin
Jîn (2013)
DVDRip | MKV | 720 x 300 | x264 @ 1400 Kbps | 116 min | 1,58 Gb
Audio: Turkish AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, German, French, Turkish
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 720 x 300 | x264 @ 1400 Kbps | 116 min | 1,58 Gb
Audio: Turkish AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, German, French, Turkish
Genre: Drama
JÎN - named after its teenaged protagonist - is a kind of guerrilla travelogue set in southeastern Turkey, where Kurdish separatists wage a chronic, low-level (but lethal enough) war of independence against Erdogan’s iteration of the Turkish state. But it becomes a good deal more than that when Jîn strikes out into the forest alone, feeling constrained by her community of rebels and seeking to establish an identity of her own. As Jîn develops an empathic relationship with her environment by forming bonds with the creatures of the forest, the film takes on a hushed, almost magical quality that may remind some viewers of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s work. Consistently absorbing, at times even transfixing, JÎN brings a poetic intensity to its study of the self in nature, and the nature of war.
Although his first film "Oh Moon" was a huge success, Turkish director Reha Erdem firmly established his career in cinema with enormous worldwide success of Kaç Para Kaç/"Run for money". In "Jîn", he has chosen to portray the intrinsic nature which human beings share with animals. This film scores well in all departments especially photography which is highly close to nature. Animals and birds have been captured vividly to such an extent that one cannot help wondering whether they are really more natural than some of the most famous popular actors. Despite its overt political message for peace, "Jîn" begins with the portrayal of a young girl on the run. How is she able to conquer all obstacles and emerge a winner appears to be the film's main theme. Although it presents viewers with some idea about what is happening to people living in remote parts of Turkey, one cannot fail to marvel at the realistic depiction of the life of Kurdish people. This is one of the principal strengths of this film.
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Jîn (2013) Jin
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