Near the Bosporus, Eyüp and Hacer live in a modest flat with their son Ismail. The Bosporus is a natural strait connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and it is a very strategic waterway. Ismail is in his twenties and he's doing poorly in his studies. Few words pass between them and a past family tragedy brings sorrow daily. On a rainy night, Eyüp's boss Servet, a wealthy businessman who's entering politics, hits a pedestrian on a lonely road. He drives off and offers money to Eyüp if he will take the fall, probably a six-month sentence. Eyüp agrees and while he's in prison, Ismail wants his mother to ask Servet for enough money to buy a car? Servet, in turn has desires for Hacer. How can these complications play out?
The family battles against the odds to stay together. Small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. To avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth. They will not see, not hear or talk about what has happened. But, does ignoring make the truth or the lies go away? 3* (This movie is OK)
109 min, Drama directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and written by Ebru Ceylan, Ercan Kesal andNuri Bilge Ceylan with Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Asian, Ahmet Rifat Sungar,
Ercan Kesal, Cafer Kose, Gukan Aydin. Yuvuz Bingol who plays the lead character Eyüp, is also a famous folk singer in Turkey.
Note: Imdb 7.3* out of 10* with 20,701 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 77% with 62 critic reviews 72% audience scores with 2500+ ratings, Metacritic 73 out of 100 with 14 critic reviews 7.6 out of 10 with 17 user scores, Roger Ebert 3*, The Guardian 3* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, Letterboxd 3.6* out of 5* with 9 fans.
Special note: This film is the first submission from Turkey in the one-film shortlist for foreign Language film Oscars. The three monkeys in the title of this film refers to both the classic "See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil" maxim and to the compact family of three depicted in the film.
Mistakes: Ismail's safety belt fastened on and off in consecutive cuts while he is driving his father back from the prison.
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