Absorbing tale from one of Turkey's finest film directors, Reha Erdem.
There is a mythic quality to this depiction of a wandering 'Holy Fool', a character common in Islamic literature and philosophy. This one calls himself Kosmos and there are many playful links between real life and signs from the heavens.
Everything is ambiguous after Kosmos's initial heroic rescue of a child. Is he a healer! Is he a charlatan? Is he an honest man? Is he a thief? Does he have special powers?
The answers are always: 'yes' and 'no'.
The wintry cinematography is excellent, and the film is full of interesting and unusual sound effects, including the weird ululations that Kosmos and a beautiful young woman use to communicate with each other.
Beautifully filmed and very mysterious.Don't look for a coherent or logically progressive narrative - it's not that kind of film. But it stays in the mind for days afterwards.