Father- Son relationship movies are not something uncommon. We have watched many movies that describe different relationships between a father and a son. The Festival of Troubadours just like them is based on such kind of relationship, but, hold on, there’s a twist to the movie when the music got added. The Festival of Troubadours has just streamed on Netflix. The movie is something you will definitely hold on to until the end, as you will want to know what happens at the end. Movies do not have many dialogues in it, but the silence factor in the movie made them more interesting. The Festival of Troubadours revolves around Whimsy Ali ( The Father) and Yusuf (His son). They both have not met each other for 25 years, but when they meet things take unexpected turns which led to Yusuf’s heartbreak. So, if you are also wondering whether or not you should watch the movie then here’s a small and simple The Festival of Troubadours Review for you to read.
The Festival of Troubadours Review
To give a genuine review, The Festival of Troubadours will get a rating of 6 out of 10. The movie is no doubt good, but the story is something we have seen many times and there’s nothing special about it. The most important thing that made the movie good was the Turkish folk music, which you will listen to many times in the film. The music created is so fulfilling to the ears that you just get yourself into it. The musicians are so fantastic that you are going to get hooked up with Turkish folk songs. In addition to this, though the movie is slow and boring in some places, it will keep you hooked up until the end.
The one thing I did not like about the movie is extending it. The movie could be of duration one hour only but was about 2 hours. The movie could be more better if it was of a little span, as for most of the scenes you will see them traveling with no dialogue in it which went kind of boring. The best part of the movie was the ending as it lead to heartbreak and it definitely felt like it. The Father character of the movie was excellent, he has done a good job in the entire movie.
Talking about the rest of the things, the scenes were quite normal, there was nothing special. Everything else seemed simple too. If you are looking for a one-time watch movie, you can give that a try, but if you are not into movies which has simple cinematic and a relationship explained, the movie is not made for you. The Festival of Troubadours could be a must-watch for those who can handle 30 minutes of scenes with no talking or dialogues at all. We usually do not prefer movies with such a long story with fewer dialogues (Well, Joker is an exception).
Overall, the movie is a one-time watch only.
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SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
The Festival of Troubadours Recap: Was The Story Appealing?
Well, we are going to give you some spoilers in order to perfectly tell you how the movie was. In the starting scene of the movie, you can see Yusuf who is a criminal attorney by profession. He gets a knock on his door from his father, Whimsy Ali. He asks Yusuf if he could be his house guest. Ali mentions he has to go to Arkanya to take care of some business and then to Kars. But, he didn’t tell Yusuf he was having some serious health problems.
Yusuf takes out the medical report from his father’s jacket and he came to know that he has been suffering from a very dangerous disease that has even spread to his bones. Yusuf decides not to let his father go alone and finally they both end up going to Arkanya together. Yusuf is still mad about why his father never called him for 25 years, but his health is what matters now. To give you a little background check of Whimsy Ali, he is a Turkish traditional musician, who travels the world and imparts his traditional knowledge to the world.
Yusuf asks Ali why he wants to go to Kars, Ali replies that every year there is a The Festival of Troubadours where all his musician’s friends gather together and sing folk songs of Turkey, and he wanted to go there one last time. They start their journey and take a stop at a gas station where Ali visits a grave. Yusuf has so many questions in his mind that he wanted to ask his father, he also recollected many memories but there was no point as Ali never answered him back.
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Suddenly, his father’s situation gets worse and he has to be admitted to the hospital. In such a time when someone is so near to death, Ali is still thinking about going to The Festival of Troubadours. After getting released from the hospital they went to Ali’s friend’s house and stayed there at night. Ali asked for forgiveness from all the people he has hurt and always said he has here to meet them for ‘One Last Time.
Yusuf is still struggling to get the answers to his questions, and one time he went so frustrated that he dreamt of killing his father. We are going to skip the story for a bit.
The Festival of Troubadours Ending Explained
At the end of the movie, Ali’s situation got worse and he was again admitted to the hospital. In the hospital, Yusuf found his and Ali’s picture of years back in Ali’s hat which made him more fragile. But one thing was decided, Ali is not going anywhere until he went to that Kar’s Festival of Troubadours. So, Yusuf arranged a private ambulance for him to visit Kars. Finally, the musician who was on his deathbed was surrounded by all his musician friends who sang Whimsy Ali’s famous track.
Whimsy Ali was so overjoyed he didn’t feel he was in a situation where he knows his life might end soon. When they were going back to the hospital, ‘Whimsy Ali’s soul left him and he was no more. In the end, Yusuf plays his father’s famous track and listened to him while he drove back home after losing his father.
The questions that were left unanswered were why Whimsy Ali did not contact his own son for 25 long years? The movie did not answer anything related to this. One more was Did Ali already knew he was going to die, as he always said ‘One Last Time for the entire movie.
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