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Yellow Letters

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Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.

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Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter 4d
If the plot in Yellow Letters doesn’t exactly move the needle, intense turns from both leads keep the drama engaging. Go to Full Review David Robb Slant Magazine Feb 14
2.5/4
While the film’s deft spinning of multiple plates is impressive for a good hour or so, what it’s serving up eventually starts to feel a little undercooked. Go to Full Review Cody Dericks Next Best Picture 16h
5/10
A film like this should strive to make the somewhat abstract yet frightening central threat feel even more real by showing how it can affect individuals, even if they’re fictional. Go to Full Review Alex Billington FirstShowing.net 17h
8/10
It's not the most uplifting film, but this kind of criticism & storytelling is important nonetheless. Go to Full Review Damon Wise Deadline Hollywood Daily 4d
A grim reminder that principles mean nothing to those who have none, and that right-wing governments always come for academia first. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com 4d
3/5
While at times the film seems overly burdened with its accumulation of misfortunes...Çatak more than compensates for this through the two extraordinary performances by Özgü Namal and Tansu Biçer...[Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Ilker Çatak

Director

Özgü Namal

Derya

Tansu Biçer

Aziz

Leyla Smyrna Cabas

Ezgi

Ipek Bilgin

Güngör Hanim

Aydin Isik

Salih
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Movie Info

Synopsis Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.
Director
Ilker Çatak
Producer
Ingo Fliess, Enis Kostepen, Nadir Operli, Carole Scotta
Screenwriter
Ilker Çatak, Ayda Meryem Çatak, Enis Kostepen
Production Co
Arte, Haut et Court
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Turkish
Runtime
2h 8m