Before anything else I feel obliged to indicate that title of movie creates a false hope, in Turkish the word; 'kale' is used both for castle and goalpost,that's why I had a wrong impression that 'Kaledeki Yalnızlık' probably tells a story about somehow loneliness in a castle, I asked what it could be, a psychological drama ? and what I watched is a movie below the average;about life of a goalkeeper who has no success.
Volga Sorgu, normally an understudy within Turkish-cinema,'Kaledeki Yalnızlık' is his first and only movie let us evaluate his performance as director. The storyline and plot is similar in many respects to Offside(2000)-(Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar),even some same cast 'Erkan Can'. I have noticed that Offise gave an idea to Volga Sorgu to generate a storyline, Drama takes form around a loser amateur football player,40 years old, tries clinging to life back after fatality of his wife.
Same problem within many Turkish drama lightly can be noticed also in 'Kaledeki Yalnızlık',although movie has a rich cast, acting is mostly exaggerated, especially noticeable on school principal acted by Ali Erkazan and some dramatical scenes are artificial, especially noticeable in slapping scene. One more thing about cast is Ümit Karan, an old famous football player, I think Karan is just contained into cast to popularize movie, since he has not taken even a part in storyline.
Volga has made a bid for creating a dramatic storyline, can be appreciated when we consider just his first experiment as a director, however somehow problems stick out like a sore thumb during the movie, emotions or relations could not be given dramatically to audience as desired by Volga.
Volga Sorgu, normally an understudy within Turkish-cinema,'Kaledeki Yalnızlık' is his first and only movie let us evaluate his performance as director. The storyline and plot is similar in many respects to Offside(2000)-(Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar),even some same cast 'Erkan Can'. I have noticed that Offise gave an idea to Volga Sorgu to generate a storyline, Drama takes form around a loser amateur football player,40 years old, tries clinging to life back after fatality of his wife.
Same problem within many Turkish drama lightly can be noticed also in 'Kaledeki Yalnızlık',although movie has a rich cast, acting is mostly exaggerated, especially noticeable on school principal acted by Ali Erkazan and some dramatical scenes are artificial, especially noticeable in slapping scene. One more thing about cast is Ümit Karan, an old famous football player, I think Karan is just contained into cast to popularize movie, since he has not taken even a part in storyline.
Volga has made a bid for creating a dramatic storyline, can be appreciated when we consider just his first experiment as a director, however somehow problems stick out like a sore thumb during the movie, emotions or relations could not be given dramatically to audience as desired by Volga.
