The movie doesn't seem to have a plot, it's like a movie that's all about visuals, but visually, it's really great.

All the blueprints of what were to become the director's trademarks are present in this quiet contemplation about a small village in rural Turkey. It's a very beautiful film seen mainly through the eyes of children about a family that represents much of what happened in Turkey, it's history, culture and politics. As always with Nuri's films he explains this through long dialogues where the puzzle of the family dynamics are slowly but surely laid out.

Kasaba is the feature film debut of Nuri Bilge Ceylan. I think that movie is not one of the best films of Ceylan, not even in my top 5. But when I look at Kasaba, I can clearly see how great and skillful he is. That's a delightful piece of filmmaking.