The Small Town
1997 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 6,890 VOTES · DIR. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Overview
A story in four parts is told from the perspective of two children, showing life in school, in nature, with family and at home. All of this unfolding along with the seasons. The Small Town depicts life in the village, while also portraying the relationships between members of a small-town family, in a long centerpiece scene around a campfire with family members talking about the past, life and its disappointments. Both brother and sister witness the complexities and darkness of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of nature and wildlife.
Dialogue Timeline — 604 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:23 Mad Ahmet is coming.
00:06:23 Love and Loyalty in the family.
00:09:49 Society needs rules so that people can live in peace
00:12:05 The feeling... of belonging together...
00:13:57 national unity.
00:31:20 Father. They are coming.
00:33:27 You can't get anything altered anymore.
00:36:54 l, who had never been beyond the hills around the village...
00:39:00 What happened then, father?
00:41:04 They must be hungry to come down to the stream.
00:43:19 Look! That dry tree over there is dead
00:45:05 ls it raining?
00:47:19 the one against Poros.
00:49:13 The Persians had been making the Greeks suffer
00:52:28 He insisted on going away and we couldn't stop him.
00:55:14 l think l've got no talent for anything.
00:58:03 Well dressed as usual.
00:59:58 Your father abandoned this place.
01:01:35 Did you learn all that for yourself alone?
01:06:18 Do you think you are perfect?
01:08:58 it is the will of God. There are good days and bad days.
01:10:59 But l still want to carry on living.
01:14:05 - Yeah. l think so.
02:03:00 to go on a campaign
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed604
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line02:03:00
Production Record
DirectorNuri Bilge Ceylan
LanguageTurkish
IMDb votes6,890