Eve Dönüs: Sarikamis 1915

Mar 8 2013 N/A 1h 52m
Drama, History, War

Inhospitable at the best of times, the snow-covered mountainscapes of Eastern Anatolia constituted a fatal frontier for many war exiles after the battle of Sarikamish in 1915, and provides a canvas laced with beauty and threat for this bone-chilling survival yarn, the superb debut feature of Alphan Eseli. Starting out with three characters – a refugee mother and daughter and their grizzled guide – the film traces their daunting trek across this barren terrain to safety, with the Russians encroaching and other stragglers, including a pair of wounded, frostbitten Ottoman soldiers, all orbiting the same burnt-out village they find in their path. Puncturing its aura of ghostly impasse with some shocking narrative reversals, and constantly prickling with the mutual dread of strangers in gruelling extremes, the movie stakes out hugely credible ground next to established Eastern Front war classics (In the Fog, Come and See) while remaining thoroughly its own beast. (Source: LFF programme)

Plot

The Long Way Home is set on the outskirts of Kars in Eastern Anatolia in the winter of 1915 and takes us to the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Sarikamis. The film follows a group of seven people from different walks of life on their quest to escape the war zone and find a safe path back home....

Written by

Alphan Eseli, Serdar Tantekin

Directed by

Alphan Eseli

Cast

Ugur Polat, Nergis Öztürk, Serdar Orçin

Crew

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Production Countries

Turkey

Production Companies

Mars Entertainment, Böcek Yapim

Languages

Türkçe

Awards

9 wins & 10 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
737
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA