"Art must concern itself withthe meaning of human existence. For this reason we were interested inthe journey of Cevat _akir, the journalist, into his ego as a way ofovercoming his past."-Erden Kiral Based onCevat _akir's autobiographical novel, The Blue Exile explores themetaphor of journey for one's life course. In 1925 _akir was sentencedto exile for denouncing the new Republic of Turkey's stance on executingwartime deserters. Ironically, his exile turns out to be a voyage thatevokes the past, allowing Cevat (played by Can Togay) a lucidrediscovery of himself. His flashbacks and dreams touch on life with hisformer wife Agnesi, and his murder of the father who betrayed him. Formuch of the film we accompany Cevat on his long train journey to exilein the remote, picturesque village of Bodrum, where he marries anuncomplicated girl, and finds a previously unknown isolated peace. InBodrum (formerly Halicarnassus) he becomes a philosopher enamored withnature and humanity. Cevat's milieu of punishment has turned out to be aplace of becoming, and he literally renames the former Cevat _akir,henceforth calling himself "The Fisherman ofHalicarnassus."-Duana Fullwiley