Summary
A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. 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?
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 75Audiences 72GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer77%
Metascore73
IMDb7.3
Letterboxd · 19 K ratings3.7/5
Audience score72%
User score6.9
Running time
1 h 49 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109109Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
2008
May 16, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerLanguage
Turkish
Original language
Made in
- Türkiye
- Italy
France
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Writing · 2
- Ercan Kesal Writer
- Ebru Ceylan Writer, Art Direction
Production · 5
- Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan Producer
- Harika Uygur Casting
- Valerio De Paolis Co-Producer
- Fabienne Vonier Co-Producer
- Cemal Noyan Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Gökhan Tiryaki Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Bora Goksingol Editor
- Ayhan Ergürsel Editor
Sound · 1
- Jack Stew Foley Artist
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Gülcan Bayar Öge Makeup Artist
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