My home is the mountains / Mecit Poyraz
Automatically translated from Turkish. Read the original
2011.10.18
bodrumgundem.com
With the poem “Dağlar dağlar” on my lips, I found myself in the film White as Snow. The story and the poem are both Sabahattin Ali’s. The film is adapted from his story Ayran. It brings to the big screen one day in the life of Hasan, a boy burdened with great responsibility at a young age, who on a winter’s day tries to sell a jug of ayran, calling out “fresh ayran”. His mother is looking after a sick person in the city. His father is in prison. Hasan’s abandonment and loneliness are colder than the icy air. He has no coins in his pocket to give change. He cannot sell the ayran. The strength and love he needs to stay on his feet turn into a dream. The way back is long, the night is dark, the wolves are howling.
The saying “Where there is life, there is hope” tries to be a light in the darkness. With the mother’s cry of “Hasannn”, the light suddenly goes out. Sitting in the closed auditorium, I begin to feel cold…
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