Kedi

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Cem Y It does a fantastic job at displaying the city and its people. Wonderful cinematography. However, as a Turkish citizen, I have to admit that some of the comments from the people in this documentary are so shallow and so unusual for us that it is not realist anymore. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Such a good look at how we can treat "stray" animals. Work together and take care of them Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Kedileri seviyorsanız ve İstanbul kedilerini merak ediyorsanız bu film tam da sizin için. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review nefasto r I watched this documentary just because few weeks ago I've seen "Stray", and even if I love cats and dogs equally, if you have to pick only one to watch, pick "Stray"! That one feels like a journey, and this like running in circle. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a documentary not so much about cats themselves but about how the citizens of Istanbul interact with them. The cats in question are street cats brought in when they escape from incoming maritime traffic, and the people interviewed take care of them not as personal house pets, but as visiting wild animals, they way people in other places view pigeons. The movie focusses on several people who take care of these cats, including one who found that taking care of them helped him recover from a nervous breakdown. It also shows Istanbul as a city with many small, old-fashioned buildings, but with modern ones inevitably being built and threatening the old ways. No mention is made of people who dislike the cats or anyone who keeps them as actual house pets instead of strays to be taken care of, but that would spoil the movie's atmosphere. Interesting look at a piece of another culture. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Kedi is turkish for cat, and you'll have probably already worked out for yourself what this documentary depicts. Thousands of cats have roamed the streets of Istanbul for years; we learn that many years ago cats were kept on ships to dispose of mice, and when ships docked in Istanbul, the cats would wander off the boats and miss their return trips. So they had to learn to adapt to the streets of Istanbul. Unlike Stray, Kedi takes in a whole host of characters who have learned to love and care for some of these felines as they would do their own children, and it's heartwarming to see such affection spill out of these people, and to see the lengths they go to to cater for the cats. As a massive cat lover myself, I probably enjoyed this slightly more than Stray, but it's likely your alliances film wise will coincide with your alliances pet wise. Kedi is also highly amusing in a way that Stray is more sobering, showing us repeated footage of the local 'nutter', a female cat who runs parts of the town like she's Don Corleone. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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