Times and Winds

Times and Winds

111 mins | Drama | Sept. 29, 2006

In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their sons. Mothers command their daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, the son of the imam, wishes hopelessly for the death of his father. When he understands that wishful thinking does not have any concrete results, he begins to search for childish ways to kill his father. Yakup is in love with his teacher, and one day after seeing his father spying on the teacher he dreams too, like Ömer, of killing his father. Yıldız studies and tries to manage the household chores imposed by her mother. She learns with irritation about the secrets of the relationship between men and women.

Times and Winds

111 mins | Drama | Sept. 29, 2006

Times and Winds
In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their sons. Mothers command their daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, the son of the imam, wishes hopelessly for the death of his father. When he understands that wishful thinking does not have any concrete results, he begins to search for childish ways to kill his father. Yakup is in love with his teacher, and one day after seeing his father spying on the teacher he dreams too, like Ömer, of killing his father. Yıldız studies and tries to manage the household chores imposed by her mother. She learns with irritation about the secrets of the relationship between men and women.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Atlantik Film, Imaj
Original title Beş Vakit
Directors Reha Erdem
Writers Reha Erdem

Cast

Ozen Ozkan

as Ömer

Ali Bey Kayali

as Yakup

Elit İşcan

as Yıldız

Taner Birsel

as Zekeriya

Yiğit Özşener

as Yusuf

Selma Ergeç

as The Teacher

Tarik Sönmez

as Hirtenjunge Davut

Köksal Engür

as Onkel Halil

Tilbe Saran

as Ömers Mutter

Sevinç Erbulak

as Yakups Mutter

Nihan Aslı Elmas

as Yildizs Mutter

Cüneyt Türel

as Großvater

Sencar Sağdıç

as Doctor