Devotion

Name: Devotion
Director: Cynthia Madansky
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-04-09
Duration: 34 min

200334m

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Documentary

A sparing and minimal travelogue of Istanbul. A foreigner meditates on the unraveling of a relationship while moving from hotel room to hotel room. In a city simultaneously devoted to Islam and secular nationalism, she finds refuge in the frailty and severity of the rituals of devotion.

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