Wrong Rosary is a humanistic drama by Turkish filmmaker Mahmut Fazil Coskun. Like Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly, it is part of the tiger competition selection. This means it's a nominee for a prize, for the best first or second film by a director.
The protagonist starts to work as a mussar in a mosque. This is the person that does the singing through a microphone, that will be heard outside through a speaker, but also inside with the praying. When he moves into his new place, he finds out has an attractive Christian girl living to himm, wich he falls in love with. He also becomes an assistant to a bookstore keeper, because he can read Ottoman language.
With the man being a muslim, and the woman a christian, a relationship between them seems impossible. Especially the second part of the film focusses on this relation, and the film turns out to be a love story. The shyness of the muslim man make for some funny situations, like when there's a picture taken of them together, but he is only half on there. These scenes make Wrong Rosary a lighter film, while the film's themes are universal. The problem though, is that Wrong Rosary sometimes falls into the standard love cliches which makes the film a little predictable.
*** (out of 5)
Geen opmerkingen:
Een reactie posten