i think it go much to far to call this excellent film a documentary about the life of a muslim sect or a critique of political islam or even the role of the religious order in turkish economic life . rather i would like to claim that it give just an impression of the life turkish religious order and society and the mind of a devout religious man who previously lead a uncritical life without real challenge and without deep thought about practical life and religion . therefor he unprepared for both of it . i would guess that one could find his state of mind also with a range of uncritical believer of many religion who and although ardently believe stay shallow in their intellectual penetration of their believe and worldly life . they stay rather catch in conservative dogma and which where make to control man and be far away from a healthy human experience . not everything show in film should be take at face value . the depiction of the ritual life give an impression of the ecstatic quality of such gathering but be exaggerate in their frenetic appearance . there may have be reason for this depiction but one should rather try not to confuse it with the an authentic account while this account one should rather get in contact with real order . the protagonist have high value which he fail to satisfy . this put him in a moral dilemma which be very instructively set in contrast on one hand to worldly every day people and merchant with their cheating and accommodation with an imperfect world . on the other there be a religious order and which although be direct towards spirituality be of course also involve in worldly enterprise and have of course it financial interest . nothing get euphemise but the problem of both profane and spiritual get expound in a way that a psychological profile of shallow but devote believer meet social criticism ( not only hit the turkish islamic milieu of it setting but also similar one in other region and religion ) .