The Extremely Sad Story of Celal Tan and His Family

This will be my very first writing experiment. I am starting this experiment with a movie review. Today I have seen a movie which is a kind of extremely absurd cinema. By the way I have no idea if there is an expression like absurd cinema, is there? Whatever... The name of the movie is "The Extremely Sad Story of Tan Family". It starts with the scene of preparition of a table for a surprise birthday party to the father of the family. I forgot to say that it is a Turkish film. The family looks like a typical Turkish family from this very first scene except the father is married with a woman who is approximately 30 years younger than him. The members of the Tan family is a grandmother who is on a wheelchair, a thirty years old son who has not got any proficiency, a thirty five years old daughter who works as a speaker in tv education program and has got a son who is 7 years old and the father who is an important constitutional law proffesor. Except these members of family, there is another one, young and beatiful new wife of the father, who will be deceased so soon.

All the members of the Tan Family are ready for the surprise they prepared for Celal Tan. They are waiting in the dining room with lights off.  Then Mr. Tan goes into home with his keys but waits outside of the dining room. His young wife goes to look for him. Mr. Tan starts to shout her, hits her head to the wall and suffocates her to dead. The other members of Tan family watch everything in the dark without any noise or movement like they paralyzed. Mr. Tan does not see them and leaves the house immediately. Then the things happen one after another.

I think that this film is a good example of a tragicomic movie. It reminds me a bit "The Royal Tenenbaums". Although It has a long way to reach Tenenbaums, It makes me and the whole cinema saloon laugh many times. It is definetely worth to see!

We know Onur Ünlü, the director of the movie, from his recently popular absurd comedy tv show "Leyla ile Mecnun" and also the existing movies like "Güneşin Oğlu", "Polis". These are the projects that have similar style. Personally, I like very much the works of Onur Ünlü and follow him closely. Unfortunately he is figthing with cancer desease nowadays. I wish the best for him and hope to see him better than ever as soon as possible!