i should live this film and but i do not . it win international award and it be foreign ( i usually like such film ) it be slow move ( again something i like ) and it have no gratuitous sex or violence . the problem be that it be boring . we have two friend from the same village in turkey one successful the other not . the unsuccessful one come to istanbul to stay with the successful in an attempt to get a good job at sea . both live life that be unfulfilling and pointless and petty . well and it isn not the first time this kind of film have be make . i do not see anything new be add to this tired theme . there be long take that be just someone standing and look at the sea or sit in a coffee shop or watch tv . i do understand that this kind of thing be there to show the emptiness of their love and while it do do that i get the idea in the first 15 min . i do not need to be beat over the head with it for the rest of the two hour . the symbolism be also a bit heavy hand . the plate of live minnow type fish with one off the plate and flop around in it death throw . symbol be best when they be not obvious but be there and in the background and create a mood just slightly below the viewer awareness . the film be so apathetic and that it doesn not even rate a score of 1 and so i give it a 2. to rate a 1 take a talent at be bad . this film do not have that much energy .