
âLifeâ Review: Turkeyâs Oscar Submission Loses the Plot on Toxic Masculinity
At the start of Turkish auteur Zeki Demirkubuzâs long-awaited and frustratingly miscalculated âLifeâ â the filmmakerâs first movie in seven years, now serving as Turkeyâs international feature submission to the Academy Awards âa young woman named Hicran flees the claws of an impending arranged marriage and goes into hiding.