Noah Land
An estranged son confronts rural hostility and a lifetime of paternal bitterness while trying to honor an impossible final wish beneath a legendary tree.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- tense
- quiet evening
- festival film viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a powerful, emotionally complex debut, praising its performances and atmosphere while noting its deliberately measured pace.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ömer must carry out Ibrahim's final burial wish while confronting the bitterness and damage embedded in their estrangement.
The Noah Tree's claimed biblical association shapes the villagers' identity, suspicion, and resistance to Ömer's demands.
Ömer faces angry villagers whose hostility turns a private funeral request into a public conflict.
The film's Turkish countryside setting and contemplative family conflict foreground isolation and subdued observation.
Films like Noah Land, and why
The Return
shared intimate family drama, rural social pressure, and emotionally conflicted male protagonist
Winter Sleep
shared estranged parent-child relationship, existential regret, and austere dramatic tone
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
shared Turkish art-house sensibility, moral tension, and psychologically layered family conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Cenk Ertürk
- Release Date
- 2019-09-29
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (41)
Cast
- Haluk Bilginer
- Ali Atay
- Mehmet Özgür
- Hande Doğandemir
- Arın Kuşaksızoğlu
- Nisa Sofiya Aksongur
- Kerem Alp Kabul
- Hüseyin Taş
- Murat Deniz
- Murat Dada
Common questions
- What is Noah Land about?
- An estranged son confronts rural hostility and a lifetime of paternal bitterness while trying to honor an impossible final wish beneath a legendary tree.
- What is Noah Land like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Noah Land as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Noah Land violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Noah Land as mild.
- What did critics think of Noah Land?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a powerful, emotionally complex debut, praising its performances and atmosphere while noting its deliberately measured pace.
- Which films are like Noah Land?
- Films with a similar feel include The Return, Winter Sleep, and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
- How long is Noah Land?
- Noah Land runs 109 minutes.
