Zeynep and Can, whose love is just starting to blossom, are stopped by the police one night while cycling. During the ID check, nationalist and patriarchal biases surface through the officers’ discriminatory behavior. Can their love become a form of resistance strong enough to overcome these biases?
It’s the most loving tribute to cinema and to Ingmar Bergman, set in world that feels so habitable that I felt like only re-watching this for eternity, because of how inviting it looks and feels.
With such a raw look at the 15th century, it seems that Disney was really trying to step outside of its element with this motion picture.
While the director didn't set out to make a feminist film, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" reads as a reclamation of female power in a patriarchal society.
Despite its simple premise, “imagine being a woman,” the horror behind "Men" feels fueled by a hollow understanding of the insidiousness of misogyny.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
