The Ottoman Lieutenant 2017

     Lillie lives in the United States and she has become disillusioned by ongoing injustice in this country.  She sails for Casablanca after she meets Jude.  He’s an American doctor and he runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire.  Lillie sails with a truck she is donating.  It belonged to her brother and he died.  She is also bringing medical supplies for the mission.  Lillie doesn’t know that this area is on the brink of WWI, supposedly the war to end all wars.  Lillie becomes enamored with a lieutenant in the Ottoman Imperial Army.  This event will require her to must make a decision?

     This film is too much like a soap opera?  This could be a Hallmark story of love, war, genocide and death???  How can a film co-produced by a Turkish Company deal with a genocide they say never happened?  Eastern Sunrise Films was the production company and they have offices in Istanbul, Turkey and Los Angeles, California.  The only good thing about this film is the scenery of the area.  I thought The Promise of 2017 with the same subject was much better!!  2 ½* (This movie is so-so)  

      

106 min, Drama directed by Joseph Ruben with Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Haluk Bilginer, Affif Ben Badra, Paul Barrett, Jessica Turner, Peter Hosking, Selcuk Yontem, Eliska Slansky, Hasan Say, Deniz Kilic Flak.

Note:  Imdb 7 out of 10, 19% critic 53% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 1*, Metacritic 26 out of 100 with 13 critics 9.4 out of 10 with 206 reviews, Amazon 3.4* with 57 reviews. 

Special Note:  Filmed in Cappadocia, Istanbul, Van, Nigde and Nevsehir, Turkey; Prague, Czech Republic.