A Regular Woman

If I had been born into an orthodox Muslim family, I would probably have ended up like the main character of this harsh story. I don't follow any religion, they all certainly have their pros and cons, but perhaps gender equality should be a given. Obviously this is not the case with Muslims, which I knew a long time ago, but it was only the film A Regular Woman that really opened my eyes. It is an ingeniously conceived drama that I watched literally in one breath. However, my emotion over the sad fate of Hatun Aynur Sürücü came only at the very end of the story. The filmmakers don't push the envelope emotionally and it still blows your mind. This is what I imagine a good movie based on true events should be. (85%) (15/04/2021)

"My parents left Turkey in the mid-70s and left the old world behind." Nope, they didn't leave it behind, they took it with them. A person forms their value system in the early stages of life, and the idea that an ordinary immigrant is just trembling to accept European values (which the intellectual elites interpret significantly differently from the common people on the street) is completely wrong. Cultural habits are something that is very difficult to change and overcome. If a larger number of immigrants form a diaspora, the process of integration into the new society becomes even more complicated because members of the diaspora lose interest in investing time and energy in adapting to the environment when they can live their own way. Just a small note: Honor killings are not a specialty of Islam and actually have nothing to do with religion. It is a phenomenon that occurs in conservative tribal societies that have not gone through the phase of modernization, and it also occurs among some Asian and African Christians, ultra-orthodox Jews, or Yazidis, for example. As for the film itself, it is a decent work leaning partially towards a documentary approach. The main actress is charismatic and handles her role without any issues. Overall impression: 75%. (24/08/2021)