Jajko

Honey is about childhood and fatherly love, Milk about turning a boy into a man and motherly love, and Egg is about maturing, losing a mother and finding another woman. Nothing changes in terms of Kaplanoğlu's poetic style, as well as the acting of one of the poet Yusuf's forms, who speaks minimally, minimally gesticulates and, most of all, forms one of the elements in the strongly dominant frame of Eken's static camera. Egg is similar to Honey given the strong feeling, which is described only indirectly, and to Milk in turn by its backdrop of Yusuf's native Tire. Long, unmistakable poetry that goes to the essence of emotions and depicts them in such subtle nuances that the average viewer will undoubtedly fall away. The whole trilogy brings intoxication with an image poem that cannot be read other than as lyrical poetry. These films can be perceived discontinuously, but their charm lies precisely in the connections - when the aging Yusuf holds in his hand his book of poetry called Bal (Honey), knowing all three films, one can embark on a special vertical pilgrimage through the fascinating world of Semih Kaplanoglu. (30.03.2011)