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Indeed, the picture works much better as a portrait of a complex, intense - but never remotely homoerotic - male bond, the kind of relationship which American cinema has only recently started to explore. Plus, her inexperience is all the more noticeable alongside the more seasoned male stars. While there’s no doubting Sayin’s beauty, her performance as the girl/woman Nihal is simperingly mannered rather than entrancingly seductive. Given this premise, “Our Grand Despair” (Bizim Buyuk Caresizligimiz) relies heavily on the charms of the female lead. (“We’re real pigs,” they realize.) Before long, they discover that they’re both falling in love with the pretty, demure, much younger university student. The ‘boys’ take some time to adapt to having their bachelor existence compromised by a female presence. They’re soon joined by the traumatized Nihal (Gunes Sayin), sister of their friend Fikret (Taner Birsel), who needs somewhere to stay following the death of her parents in a car crash.

After several years away, Cetin has moved into Ender’s comfortable downtown apartment in Ankara, the Turkish capital. Now in their late 30’s, the pair have enjoyed a very close, platonic bond since high school. 1144).At the heart of the film, adapted by director Seyfi Teoman from Baris Bicakci’s novel in collaboration with the author, is a long-time friendship between bookish, bespectacled Ender (Ilker Aksum) and his more down-to-earth pal, the bearishly burly Cetin (Fatih Al). “Review: Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
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