Four army officers in 1963 Istanbul are tasked with announcing a coup over the radio at night in this wickedly sardonic yet ultra-serious drama.
The incongruously intimate story of a 1963 Turkish army coup attempt allows Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun the scope to take his mordant wit to new heights in his deadly serious yet deeply sardonic third feature, “The Announcement.” Rigidly composed fixed camera shots designed to heighten the atmosphere of entrapment do double duty as a self-reflexive commentary […]
