Not a single word or image is futile, every human issue is debated (love, parenthood, family, religion, art, faith, society, politics, belonging, friendship, money, principles, etc.), how did they do it?

Like a kind of theater walking, this film by Nury Bilge Ceylan insists in talks and talks adorned with suggestive color and some impressive landscapes, but what is wanted to be a deep philosophical exposition through the voices of relegated people in a far away place is no more than a wearisome shallow conversation about life, literature, religion, love, failure,family relation,money and what not. The father of the writer wants to discover water in a dry well, his son at the end prosecutes the unsuccessful, labor. The same result for the movie. Only the dogs, in silence or barking, and one of them committing suicide say more than the long verbosity .

This film is better than "Town", "Three Monkeys" and "Climates" but not as well as others. There is a lot of didactic dialogue in the film. As if the director imitated the dialogue of novice writers. Because the main character is a beginner writer. Even if it really is the goal, it is still bad.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan is arguably the best director Turkey has ever seen and Ahlat Agaci is definitely one of the best films in recent years that has been made by Turkish directors.The plot, the acting and the cinematography is simply incredible. As a guy who lives in Turkey, it's very rare to see films with a quality. So in that way, I can easily say that Ahlat Agaci is the best movie in the past 4-5 years.What stood out for me in the film was that you basically never get bored even though the film is quite long. No unnecessary scenes, no characters that you hate everytime you see them. Definitely a thing to consider.NBC is so undervalued and underrated, at least in his homecountry. Interestingly enough, European cinema appreciates him and he almost always participates in Cannes Film Festival, but I'm %100 sure that half of Turkey doesn't even know his name. It's sad, but it also says a lot about the general look to cinema sector in Turkey.Thanks to people like NBC, though, we can watch 'real' and 'non-American made' films.Quality film by an incredible director. 10/10