小皮电影Ayşe,Ali,MehmetandZeyneparemiddle-classmillennialsstrugglingtomakeendsmeetinIstanbul.Eitherstilllivingwiththeirparentsorhardlygettingbywithouthelpfromtheirfamilies,theyareallbesetbysimilarwoes:moneycrunch,joblessness,socialisolation.Inviewoftheworld’shorrorsthatZeynepenumeratesinherdiaryentries,theseareminorproblems,‘slightdisasters’,buttheyareall-consuming,atleasttotheextentofmakingthemcryinthestillofthenight. However,UmutSubasi’sfirstfeature,AlmostEntirelyaSlightDisaster,isnotamelodrama.Withanappealinglylighttouch,itdiagnosesthemalaiseofagenerationthathasrunupagainstadeadend,onewhosefutureprospectsareindistinguishablefromagameofchance.Thisisaworldwhereastrology,thelotteryandonlinepersonalitytestscompetewithvisaandjobapplicationsaslife-shapingelements. Fittingly,thefilmisstructuredaroundchanceandcoincidence,withitshandfulofcharactersencounteringeachotherineverypermutation,asthoughtherewerenoworldoutsidethissmallsocialbubble.Withself-aware,frontalframingthatpinscharacterstotheirsurroundingsandacounterintuitivemusicalscorethatturnspathosintohumour,Subasioffersasocial-mediamoviewithoutsocialmedia,onewhosecharactersareunitedintheirdoublelivesandfrustrateddesires. 源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/almost-entirely-a-slight-disaster
