Film No. 31. HESITATION WOUND (2024). 25th May.

 

Film No. 31 (2024) May 25th.  11:00 AM  LUNA CINEMA, Cinema 1,  Leederville.

"Only I can save Musa, your honour. That is why I'm here." (Canan takes the bit between her teeth and approaches the judge in the lobby of the courts).

NOMINEE:  WINNER: Grand Jury Prize; Narrative Feature (Babak Jalali) Independent Film Festival of Boston.

Who doesn't like a courtroom drama? But a courtroom drama told in a country (Turkey) not synonymous with traditional story telling of the legal kind - that is the magic that bleeds from HESITATION WOUND.

Selman Nacar showed us in, BETWEEN TWO DAWNS, that he likes to take us into a world where middle class, good people make stressful decisions which they make without fear or favour. Here solicitor, Canan (Tulin Ozen) is our champion. She is passionately persuasive over the innocence of her client, Musa (Ogulcan Arman Uslu). It's a murder wrap and she is also dealing with a corrupt legal system, and a dying mother. Despite her competent, intelligent nature - how does she cope? 

Nacar tells dense, emotionally charged stories in 85 to 90 minutes. He takes us to a country we love for its exotic offerings, but we rarely get opportunities to view  its social challenges. He is a seriously good film-maker.  10GUMS.