Titles Comprise:Yumurta: Poet Yusuf returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn't visited for years, upon his mother's death. A young girl, Ayla awaits him in a crumbling house. Yusuf has been unaware of the existence of this distant relation who had been living with his mother for five years. Ayla has something to ask of Yusuf. Yusuf is obliged to perform the sacrifice his mother Zehra had been prevented by death from fulfilling.Sut: Recent high school graduate Yusuf is uncertain about his future in the provincial countryside. Writing poetry is his greatest passion... and some of his poems are starting to be published in obscure literary journals. But for the time being, he continues working in his single mother's village milk business, also with an uncertain future. Up until now, Yusuf's widowed mother Zehra has focused all her attention on her only child. Still a young and beautiful woman, Zehra is having a discreet relationship with the town station master. His mother's affair, and his being named unfit for military service due to a childhood illness, make Yusuf even more anxious about making the sudden jump toward manhood.Bal: Set in an isolated region in Northeast Turkey, Bal arrives at Yusuf's childhood when six year old Yusuf has just started primary school and is learning how to read and write. His father Yakup works as a honey-gatherer, a risky trade which involves climbing up ropes into the tops of trees where the hives are. To Yusuf, who accompanies his father to work, the forest becomes a place of mystery and adventure, and he watches his father in admiration as he works sometimes higher than the eye can see. Yusuf and his father have a very strong bond and although he is tongue-tied to the point of stuttering paralysis in social situations, he can read and speak quite clearly when he's addressing his father.Ridiculed by his classmates for his stammer, Yusuf's anxieties escalate when his father must travel to a faraway forest to hang his hives in a treacherous mountainous area. Days pass and Yusuf and his mother become anxious when Yakup doesn't return. Distraught, Yusuf slips into silence but finally summons all his courage and alone, runs deep into the forest to search for his father. A journey into the unknown. [show more]
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Trilogy of films from the Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu following the life of Yusuf, a poet with strong connections to rural Turkey. 'Yumurta' (2007), which translates as 'Egg', is the first in the trilogy. It follows Yusuf (Nejat Isler), a poet, as he is drawn back to the rural town of his youth by the death of his mother. There he discovers Ayla (Saadet Aksoy), his cousin, who informs him that he must perform the sacrificial ritual his mother was prevented from performing by her death. Initially skeptical, Yusuf gradually finds himself being drawn back into the ancient ritual and rhythmic simplicity of rural life again and forms a close bond with Ayla. 'Sut' (2008), which translates as 'Milk', follows Yusuf (Melih Selcuk) as a teenager. Unable to gain a place at university, Yusuf remains at home with his mother, Zehra (Basak Köklükaya), helping to sell the milk on which they survive and writing poetry in his spare time. Though achieving some success with his poems in minor publications, it is largely a frustrating and confusing introduction to adult life for Yusuf, particularly when he discovers that his mother has been carrying on a secret affair. 'Bal' (2010), which translates as 'Honey', is the final film in the trilogy and details the life of Yusuf (Bora Altas) as a young boy. Painfully shy and reserved, Yusuf can only really express himself to his beloved father Yakup (Erdal Besikcioglu). Yakup earns a modest living by collecting honey from the woods surrounding the family's remote home, while his wife Zehra (Tulin Ozen) runs the family home and Yusuf spends his days attending the local school. Tensions build when the honey crop fails and Zehra becomes increasingly worried that Yusuf is struggling to learn to read. When Yakup goes missing one day, Yusuf is bereft and wanders through the forest looking for him.
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