Bal

Bal

  • Director: Semih Kaplanoglu
  • Writer: Semih Kaplanoglu,Orçun Köksal
  • Countries of origin: Turkey, Germany, France
  • Language: Turkish
  • Release date: March 25, 2011
  • Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Bal (Honey)
  • "Bal" is a feature film produced by Kaplan Film Production, directed by Semih Kaplanoglu , starring Paula Ortas, Eldar Beskanglu, Tülin Özen and others.
    The film tells the story of Joseph, an introverted boy who breaks into the forest in search of his missing father   . The film was released in Germany on February 11, 2010.

    Details

    • Release date March 25, 2011
    • Filming locations Camlihemsin, Turkey
    • Production companies Kaplan Film, Heimatfilm, Eurimages

    Box office

    Budget

    €1,250,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $1,381,730

    Movie reviews

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    • By Karson 2022-12-28 05:48:06

      movie review honey-like child

           It has been three weeks since I watched it. The fragrance and delicacy of honey have penetrated deeply, mellow, like French cuisine, and like Chinese stewed soup, with layers of taste, every element is carefully covered by the director layer by layer, Each flavor blends with each other, but each element is so prominent that you can clearly identify it as citron, persil, emmental...or orange peel, ginger, angelica.
         
          The focus of a child is on his parents. Like a man, the...

    • By Maximillian 2022-12-13 13:39:47

      The child had a nightmare.

      What impressed me the most was the "danger" that the child's father encountered when climbing a tree to pick honey at the beginning. As the film's plot slowly developed, it was gradually added to this lovely child and mother. When Dad said we were going to find honey alone, we started to get entangled in the worries of the little boy and his mother in the thunder and rain because of the episode at the beginning. The audience took the lead, knowing he was in danger. But...

    • By Giuseppe 2022-12-12 11:09:59

      Growth, that's what it is.

      "Honey", another Turkish film, is the third part of the custard trilogy. I haven't watched the first two, but the third one can also stand on its own.
      Various film reviews are narrated in a comprehensive trilogy, summarizing Joseph's life, and a lot of time passing sentimentality, melancholy, art, philosophy, and so on. I think this is a film that parents should watch. Film. Look at how to get along with children in a family, build trust and how a child grows up.
      Joseph is a smart,...

    • By Micaela 2022-12-12 08:59:07

      Honey by Turkish director Samy Kaplanoglu (Honey Custard Trilogy)

      The last song in the trilogy, I like Turkish literature and art, how can I miss it. I love this kind of literary film so much. This kind of film can make people want to watch it again and again and never get tired of watching it. This is probably the charm of senior literary and artistic films. Zhengtai is very cute and cute. There are not many characters in the show, but the story is rich in content. Every shot is a cover wallpaper, and every frame is beautiful. In addition to enjoying...

    • By Pattie 2022-12-09 21:33:45

      A touch of sadness full of tension

          "Honey" (BAL) is a film at the 2011 Beijing Turkish Film Festival, and the third part of Turkish director Samy Kaplanoglu's "Joseph Trilogy - Egg, Milk, Honey". Won the 60th Berlin Golden Bear.
          I noticed this film festival and planned to watch this film because I already missed Turkey, and the Turkey I saw in the movie was not the same as the Turkey I saw in my travels. Compared to the wealthy, casual, and modern Turkish coastal regions I traveled to, the Turkish mountains...

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    • By Mazie 2023-09-08 21:08:59

      The last part of the "Egg and Honey" trilogy, quiet and restrained, with poetic and exquisite pictures and long shots, as well as those touching details and natural sound effects, I think it deserves a Golden Bear...

    • By Alice 2023-09-02 23:48:47

      "Honey" is the last part of "Joseph's Sweet Trilogy", with a fixed long shot as the opening, revealing the daily life of beekeepers in the mountains and wilderness; the days full of innocence and childishness, the natural scenery of the countryside fits the return to nature His life is as fresh and sweet as honey. The film does not contain any utilitarian forms, but only has a long-lasting aftertaste with its aesthetic...

    • By Kyra 2023-06-19 12:05:24

      "Honey" is a typical Eastern European film, with a dignified tone of mysticism. When I watched it, I remembered the masterpiece "The Hive Ghost", which tells the pretentious stories of little kids who touch the world emotionally, know the world, and breathe the same fate with nature. Although it permeates a lot of Bungo-style oriental forest complex, the helpless image is empty and monotonous, and the narrative rhythm is weak. It can only be a copycat "Hive Ghost". Tasteless like chewing...

    • By Dave 2023-05-29 18:44:26

      It’s so rare to be able to shoot so calmly and regardless, and there’s not much time to look down and...

    • By Guiseppe 2023-05-23 13:44:40

      Much purer and simpler than "Milk", but I still prefer "Milk"'s well-organized...

    Movie plot

    A six-year-old boy, Joseph (Paula Ortas), is sent to elementary school by his father Yacoub (Eldar Bescongeru) . Yakubo is a beekeeper who is about to leave for honey in the depths of the forest. For Joseph, the forest is a magical place, and time with Dad is always happy and short.
    Joseph told his father about his dreams, but his father told him never to share his dreams with others. On this day, Joseph suddenly became stammering while...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film does not use any artificial music, just natural sounds.
    The film has the director's semi-autobiographical nature. The director often went out to work with his father since he was a child, and he also had problems with reading.
    The crew specially hired a child actor trainer to play games with young actor Ortas on the set...
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    Evaluation action

    The film's shots are calm and beautiful, with mysterious light and shadow, and full natural light in full tones, constructing a beautiful artistic conception and a slow narrative atmosphere. The director uses many things with strong symbolic meaning to connect the story and the meaning behind it. The academic shooting method makes the audience feel that the environment is also a character. Even if they are motionless, the sunlight...
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    Movie quotes

    • Yakup: Dreams are not told aloud.