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Three Monkeys
MEANRANK
70/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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?
Details
- Director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Writers
- Ebru Ceylan, Ercan Kesal, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Released
- 16 May 2008
- Country
- Turkey, Italy, France
- Language
- Turkish
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Box office
- $1.9M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →0 wins from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2009 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Turkey | Nominee |
| Asia Pacific Screen Award 2008 | Best Feature Film | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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2 awards — Three Monkeys
×| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Turkey | Nominee |
| Best Feature Film | Nominee |