“Three Monkeys” tells a twisty, noirish tale that opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Eyüp to take the rap. The film concerns the effects of this devil’s bargain on Eyüp’s family as simmering tensions and sexual intrigue wreak havoc in a household already haunted by hidden ghosts.
A family dislocated when small failings blow up into extravagant lies battles against the odds to stay together by covering up the truth… In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?
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Three Monkeys
Starring: Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Aslan, Rifat Sungar, Ercan Kesal, Cafer Köse, Gürkan Aydin
Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Screenplay by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Release Date: May 1st, 2009
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $41,343 (2.1%)
Foreign: $1,888,737 (97.9%)
Total: $1,930,080 (Worldwide)