Ceviz (2020) User Reviews

Isn't it a valuable contribution to Turkish cinema despite being the director's first film?

[lotofusmedya · 10/10 · 15 August 2023]

I learned that it was the director's graduation film. When I watched the movie for the first time, I thought of my mother and my aunt. Perhaps the movie tells the situation that many of us are in or close to. Body workers who are married off or forced to marry at a young age, who are promoted directly from childhood to womanhood. Yes, I consider these people as physical workers. Because their education, careers and most importantly their lives are taken away from these child brides. There is also the side of buying people like buying fruit in the market. In the movie, the most possible issues that can happen to a child bride are handled with a naive and realistic presentation. The film has just had its internet premiere. If you want to watch it, it is now available on the director's Youtube channel...

A quiet, calm, allegorical photographic narrative

[sosyalito · 10/10 · 15 August 2023]

The subject of child brides, which is embedded in the soul of the East, is presented in this film with scenes that can be internalized by those who live it. There are many metaphors from Eastern culture in the movie. What do the razor and comb on the sink mean when Seher washes her face and hands in the bathroom? I would like to ask the director. There is also Seher's eating a walnut, dropping it on the kitchen floor and picking it up as if she was doing something secret. I immediately thought of Ahmet Uluçay's Making Ships out of Watermelon Rinds. There is also the dream scene. Seher gives birth, but instead of a baby in swaddling clothes, she sees a plush bear. This allegory, which caught my attention, is clearly a reference to the fact that Seher is still a child. There are many more. I liked the movie and watched it with pleasure. You can access it on the director's Youtube channel.

"Child bride" from Ali Aksoy's point of view.

[metinerol-47952 · 10/10 · 19 August 2023]

It is a minimalist production that draws attention to a serious problem in society. The film deals with the difficulties and victimization in the lives of girls who are married off at a young age. Since the subject matter is very sensitive, the film can have a profound impact on people. The short film realistically reflects the physical, emotional and psychological difficulties experienced by child brides and uses a very naive visual language. It aims to evoke empathy rather than shock the audience. The film is the first production of the director, who aims to raise awareness of this problem in society and bring about a change in this regard.

Walnut is like a silent scream.

[tulayakalin · 10/10 · 23 August 2023]

An artistic presentation of a very familiar story that smells of Anatolia. The director has worked well on the metaphors specific to the east. Child brides are the clearest indicator of our ignorance in the region. The director handled this issue in a naive way without breaking it. He embellished the subject with traditional myths such as cracking walnuts, pouring lead, sleeping with the mother-in-law until puberty. I also noticed the director's effort not to present this phenomenon as something unique to the countryside. The director presents provincial identities in a modern house. He also refers to the existence of "modern" family structures where the phenomenon exists. He combines modernity and tradition through costumes and space. I think this is also the director's way of saying "this issue is a mental issue before modernity or tradition". The phenomenon of child brides has always existed in this geography and as long as we struggle with these issues like a snake eating its tail, as long as we do not keep up with the times, in short, as long as we continue to be illiterate, it will continue to exist and find a place in cinema.