Love in Another Language.

As I mentioned here, I watched a Turkish film. It's called Baska Dilde Ask or Love in Another Language.

This movie is apparently making waves in Turkey at the moment for acknowledging the issue of disabled and impaired people. The male lead in the movie is deaf and begins a relationship with a girl who isn’t. The film follows the difficulties of the blossoming affair. There was no real exciting story, but it did bring up a great amount of talking points and I am fortunate I was able to watch it with a Turkish woman. And, she’s a Turkish woman who volunteers with disabled people and various other projects to boot.

After talking with my Turkish host, I was able to find out that the way the Turkish treat disabled people is very similar to Azerbaijan. Disabled people aren’t really focused on; they’re ignored and pushed aside. The idea of a “normal” person dating one who “isn’t” is something that Turkey (and many other places) hasn’t confronted.

Though the movie wasn’t epic by any means, I can see how it is groundbreaking.