Butterflies

Three siblings who have not spoken in years travel back to the village where they were born for their father's funeral. Everything they have avoided comes to the table on the way: who left, who stayed, and what the father's last request actually means. Tolga Karacelik keeps the film between black comedy and grief, and the way these three wound each other starts funny and stays funny. The butterfly migration in the village is both a natural event and the centre of the will. It won the world cinema dramatic grand jury prize at Sundance in 2018, a rare result for Turkish cinema. The performances carry it, particularly the rhythm between the three siblings. Who it is for: viewers who like family reckonings told through black comedy. Who it is not for: anyone expecting a warm reunion, since nothing here gets healed.