It all started over a beautiful woman. The entire beginning of "Berlin in Berlin" shows a man having an irresistible attraction to a married woman and begins to follow her around his work place. Sinan Cetin, the film's producer and director, does a great job in the beginning showing the man's attraction to the woman when he begins to take pictures of the woman secretly. Each camera shot is filmed in a certain angle that expresses a sort of distance the man is having yet still close enough to keep his eye on her. The issue arises when the man prints the pictures and has them lying around in the work place. Years later, the man played by Cem Ozer, still has an obsessive attraction to that woman and wishes to find her in hopes of getting her forgiveness. Through many unfortunate wrong turns, he ends up taking cover in a stranger's home; only to find out that he is staying in the home of the man that he killed years ago. The film brings out many cultural aspects throughout the movie. The man is eventually spotted within the household by everyone is about to be killed, however everyone is stopped by the grandmother and father. Traditions are a big part of their life and since the man was considered a guest in the house, he was given the ability to live due to their customs. The man continues to figure a way out without getting shot but knows once he is out the door, so are the traditions that is keeping him safe. This creates a great plot for the story because of the development of relationships that you see within the household and the actions that the man take sin order to escape. This movie revolves around Turkish culture and how its influence can keep people from acting a certain way. The ending had a twist because even once the man is out the front door, caught by the dead man's brother and is stood up on gun point just . Although the movie only had a few scenes, its production of scenes demonstrating the Turkish culture made the movie become easier to understand and therefore made it more interesting, it is a must see.
Review of Berlin in Berlin
