This film is about the newspaper Ozgur Gundem(free-liberal agenda a.k.a in Turkish), which was printed in the years 1992-to 1994 in eastern turkey, which had a conflict with the Turkish government because the side supports Kurdish rights.
The tale and storyline are both intriguing; the film appears onscreen to be primarily theatrical at moments and mostly documentary at others; nonetheless, you can sense that the filmmaker intended to present the story in a way that is fiction, which itches a lot in this picture. The direction of this picture is not very promising and amateurish. I'd say acting is fine in this film, but choices of plans, scenography, and visual storytelling fail on many different levels.
On the other hand, the script of the film also had a few problems and especially the thing I hate most in this kind of story happen here as well, firstly I can say, the story line is too slowly moved and most of time actor and actress maybe they are confused how they want to play the role but overall they did it well. One of my point of view is that many things are missing in the film, especially in terms of cinematography, direction, casting, background music, etc.
Press, on the other hand, is a brave attempt to capture the essence of the darkest period of the history of Turkey, the 90s. Thousands of individuals, including journalists, academics, and political leaders of the Kurdish people, were slain in Turkey throughout those years, and it's no longer a mystery. Sedat Yilmaz's film is quite realistically telling a story of those killings by the Turkish Government, on the other hand, a Kurdish newspaper tried to expose this actuality to both local and international society and they did it well.
I believe the film succeeds on one very key level: the tale is not only true to life, but it is also portrayed in such a way that the newspaper journalists are not composed into warriors. Yes, it's a drama, but it avoids dramatizing the subject matter. I believe there are several lessons to be learned from Press's straightforward narrative. For a first film, it's a remarkable accomplishment.
If you want to experience the Kurdish side of the Turks vs Kurd's conflicts, it's worth a shot to see this film, since there isn't anything like this film for the Kurdish side of these issues.
