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As long as the worldwide war was waging, Peri (Eliv Sevinc), the girl with no mouth, and her father (Sermet Yesil) were living a very peaceful life in a forgotten part of the country, but now that peace is looming and "The Corporation" is taking over, children deformed by birth like Peri are collected, and whatever the Corporation has in store for them is likely very grim. Of all people, Kemal (Mehmet Yilmaz Ak), the brother of Peri's father comes to collect her, and when her father won't hand her over, the two men get into a fight and Kemal kills Peri's dad. Peri makes a run for it, and crossing the river gives her temporal respite since that's uncharted territory even for the Corporation - until she steps into an animal trap that hoists her into the air and is saved only eventually by "the Captain" (Denizhan Akbaba) ... who's actually a kid like her, but born without eyes. He's the leader of "the Pirates", that also include noseless Yusuf (Özgür Civelek) and earless Badger (Kaan Alpdayi), kids who have banded together because of their deformities, and have fled to the woods to live their lives on their own terms. With them, in their pirate ship shaped camp, Peri spends some of her happiest times - until Kemal and his men catch up with her and burn down the pirate ship, but Peri and her new friends can escape, and they make it through some caves to the next valley, a valley containing an abandoned and decaying village, something none of the kids have ever seen before, and basically, the village becomes their big playground, with the only danger coming from a woman (Özay Fecht) they percieve a zombie in their childlike innocence. But of course, it doesn't take Kemal and company long to catch up again - and if it wasn't for the "zombie" and her machine gun who chases Kemal away, the kids would be done for. But Kemal has promised to return, with more men, to finally get his job done ...

In many ways, Girl With No Mouth plays and feels like a post-apocalyptic fairy tale, and a very charming one at that, as it has clearly identifiable good and bad guys, it has a heart-warming message, it has (pseudo-)magical worlds, sweet children, true friendship, the villain getting his just desserts, and a bittersweet ending with protagonists giving their lives for the greater good. That said, this is by no means a kids' movie as it has its violent streaks, is rather gruesome and explicit at times, and is also disturbing for various reasons. But for grown up children with a predilection for the macabre, this is pretty much a feast, as it's well-crafted, visually stunning, and basically just a joy to watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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