What a gem of a movie. It touches you on so many points. Obviously, a majority of the film is about the internal storms of gays living in a society as intolerant as Turkey has become.
The hypocrisy is, however, how open the Turkish Society was to gay inclinations and even encouraged them until one hundred years ago. Zenne (or Kocek) is a very old Turkish word and they were male dancers accompanying the acrobats during celebrations.
But the movie does not go into those details anyway. Actually, I don't even classify Zenne as a gay movie. It's a very human movie.
Has a rather slow rhythm, considering the genre, but builds up progressively and you just can not help but feel with the characters. Their turmoils, their emotions, their struggles and their passion.
And then there is the music, and the photography. In a way everything about this movie somehow fits together.
Well done team for a really good movie. Well spent two hours.
The hypocrisy is, however, how open the Turkish Society was to gay inclinations and even encouraged them until one hundred years ago. Zenne (or Kocek) is a very old Turkish word and they were male dancers accompanying the acrobats during celebrations.
But the movie does not go into those details anyway. Actually, I don't even classify Zenne as a gay movie. It's a very human movie.
Has a rather slow rhythm, considering the genre, but builds up progressively and you just can not help but feel with the characters. Their turmoils, their emotions, their struggles and their passion.
And then there is the music, and the photography. In a way everything about this movie somehow fits together.
Well done team for a really good movie. Well spent two hours.