"Times and Winds (2006)
Times and Winds
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Ozkan Ozen, left, and Ali Bey Kayali in “Times and Winds.”
January 11, 2008
A Youthful Awakening to Mother Nature’s Laws in a Turkish Village
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: January 11, 2008
Livestock far outnumber humans in “Times and Winds,” Reha Erdem’s transporting vision of life in a mountain village in northwest Turkey as seen through the eyes of three children on the verge of adolescence. Make no mistake: The movie, for all its majestic shots of the rocky landscape and of the moon skittering behind clouds, is not a lump-in-your-throat portrait of the noble poor living in harmony with the elements."
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