Black and White (2010)

5.6/10 90 min Drama

Overview

A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a doctor already disenchanted with his profession and now discarded by his wife; a career woman braving life on her own, who has made loneliness a life style. These characters are all patrons of Black & White, an Ankara bar that has been around for 25 years, and in a sense the bar is their last haven. The owner, meanwhile, is the irritable, easily offended but utterly lovable Faruk... Black & White is a film about the awareness of growing old, friendship, sensitivity and the finer details of life.

Cast

Tuncel Kurtiz

Nejat İşler

Erkan Can

Şevval Sam

Taner Birsel

Derya Alabora

Nilgün

Almıla Uluer

Doktorun Eşi

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