Film Review of “Times and Winds”

It doesn’t matter what culture or society a person is reared in, childhood can be a brutal and horrifying experience for nearly all who mature to adulthood. Oftentimes, a child is faced with feelings of despair, cruelty and isolation under the authority of adults; a world filled with expectations and etiquette that children don’t understand, try as they must in order to survive, in their attempts to understand the larger world in the process of “growing up.”

The film “Times and Winds,” by Turkish writer-director Reha Erdem, exquisitely captures the feelings of children in the vulnerable pre-teen years. The theme is universal. The tortured inner world of the child is faced with external forces from parents, teachers and the vast world of grown-ups. It’s a beautiful story told with tenderness, woe and deep humanity. And it’s not to be missed.

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