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Forced to leave the comfort of his middle class lifestyle at his father's behest, fourteen-year-old Ahmet is sent to an all-boys religious dormitory where he must navigate familial expectations, his religious obligations, and the childhood to which he so desperately clings.
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A longing for blue, a serenade for freedom.
The Film has Created It's Own Reality
Dark and bitter truth in the religious dormitories and institutions in Turkey
The film portrays the journey of Ahmet whilst studying in the private middle school. Ahmet studies in the private school where there is a secular educational system. On the other hand, he stays in a religious dormitory in which the dormitory is financially supported by his father. Ahmet's father is a businessman and member of a sect. He is devoted to the principles of the sect and anticipates his son 'Ahmet' to adopt these dogmatic views and ideas by psychological coercion such as forcing his son in the dormitory after school. (Btw, the school is not a boarding school) However, Ahmet's mother is protective and notices that her child is unhappy and starts to suffer mentally from the rigid rules and expectations in the religious dormitory. From this perspective, the film has a similarity with Joel Edgerton's film 'Boy Erased'. The film switches from black and white to colorful representing a positive change in the last half an hour. ( Ahmet's voyage with Hakan - the escaping scene from the dormitory with the car to find a treasure) The film final is quite sad because the protagonist had to face with the harsh reality. Overall, the film speaks the truth about how young kids are manipulated and abused on Sects in Turkey.