Lise and Jonnie's What A Wonderful World 2015
Our second stop on this world cruise is Turkey, home to one of our favourite filmmakers in recent years, Nuri Bilge Ceylan. In case you’re not aware of his work, his latest, 2014’s Winter Sleep, won the Palm D’Or at Cannes this year.
Here we go right back to the beginning with his debut feature, Kasaba .. A Small Town. The title doesn’t mislead, as the events take place in in a village in his beloved Anatolia. We begin in a small schoolhouse in winter, where Ceylan introduces his theme of civics; the responsibility of the individual to the greater community. Formalized stuffy lessons taught are contrasted by the simple, spontaneous, community…