Istanbul: Shanghai Review
Ferenc Torok
Director Ferenc Torok's film holds special appeal to women as an emotionally bruised housewife escapes from her family.
Young Hungarian writer-director Ferenc Torok cashes in on the cultish reputation he established with his politically-tinged trilogy Moscow Square, Eastern Sugar and Overnight to attempt an intimate change-of-pacer so quiet and low-key it wafts across the screen like a dream. The Hungarian-Turkish-Irish-Dutch coprod Istanbul, about a middle-aged woman who opts out of her oppressive family, is a familiar tale told with disarming simplicity, but perhaps too much of a fantasy to be taken seriously. The net result is a respectable, well-crafted art film with special appeal for women, but unlikely to set the boxoffice on fire in any of its coproduction territories.
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