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Mother Elif is known to be philanthropic and wise. She shares deep spiritual values such as love, peace, equality, sharing, tolerance, and compassion with all life she comes into contact with. This film shows her eventful life.
A foul-mouthed cat and its gang cross paths with humans.
The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the children and the disabled man.
The passionate love between a former boxer and a beautiful blind woman.
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A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
The year 1997... In the days when people are exiled for their thoughts, now the tables have turned and the freedom of a cow living in the village of Gomalak is in danger. "The Exiled Cow". inspired from a true story, tells the tale of Sarikiz, with its spectacular cast and now meets the audience as the comedy of the century...
Carpet dealer and UFO photo forger Arif is abducted by aliens and must outwit the evil commander-in-chief of G.O.R.A., the planet where he is being held.
Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For the illiterate, uneducated Xate becomes Mayor of Midyat! While she takes on her mayoral duties much as she does those in her house, the infantile rivalry between her children in municipal matters leads to adventures that have the Midyat folk howling with laughter.
In a Turkish village ruled by the strict Ferman Agha, Miran opens a “Groom School” to teach local men how to respect women and win the trust of their families. His unconventional methods spark a series of comedic events that transform village life.
After losing her parents during a police raid at an early age, Grace is pledged to become a suicide bomber, but she falls in love.
PuCCa is a broadcaster. When she applies for a new job, she meets a man.
The paths of Resul, a blind sculptor who served time for murder; Kader, a famous actress; Fazıl Bir, a deranged director who turned into a human bomb in order to force Kader to star in his film; Güngör, a hard-working classical musician; and Muhtar, Güngör's incompetent manager who caused him to become a loser, intersect at a French restaurant called Le Chic , and within 15 minutes, a series of extraordinary events unfold and come to a head.
Ergüven, a 30-year-old chatterbox, clumsy, and prone to overthinking and imagining the worst, and İsmail, a 35-year-old who is tired of his brother's chatter, has fears, and always seems to attract trouble, are two brothers. These brothers are delivery personnel for the newly opened Çarçabuk Kargo. One day, they go to deliver a package for a mysterious man named Jack Black. The address is an old, abandoned movie theater. They ring the bell, but no one answers. Noticing the door is ajar, they go inside. And everything begins with their entry into that movie theater.
Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
Mavi Sürgün is a fictionalized account of one period of the life of a Turkish journalist who was condemned to exile for an article he wrote in 1925. He turned his punishment into a reward by creating a little paradise in what is today the holiday resort, Bodrum. In fact he is considered by some to be the first ecologist. The film concentrates on this latter aspect of his character and through flashbacks portrays the inner turmoil of a man who is trying to come to terms with his past. The slow pace is somewhat of a drawback, the flashbacks are often confusing and the protagonist is not always very convincing. But the photography of the country side is exceptional Kenan Ormanlar and the short appearance by a very theatrical Hanna Schygulla of Fassbinder fame adds a little spice to the drama.
In Trabzon, snow falls heavily like never before in the last days of autumn, and the roads are blocked. In this setting, two people who attend the same school but have never met have a chance encounter at a bus station, waiting for the same bus that has run late. They fall in love at first sight.
After his father’s death, poor Berhudar is left dealing with his father’s huge debt to the mob. In one of his many attempts to find a way out of his problem, he meets Ezel. He hopes she will help him get out of the mess he is in. Little does he know the she’s dealing with a very similar trouble...
In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.
Burdened by troubles and caught between cultures, Riza takes a job as a mall Santa and finds that real life may not be so different from make believe.
Sabure and Murtaza live in a mountain village in Malatya. Sabure lost both her eyes years ago. Her husband Murtaza takes care of her. Their children live in Istanbul. One day, Murtaza goes to the village and calls his daughter in Istanbul from the grocery store and learns that she is very ill. He goes to Istanbul without telling Sabure about her daughter's condition. However, his daughter dies that evening. Murtaza hides the news of his daughter's death from Sabure so that she does not become ill or sad. But Sabure becomes increasingly quiet, and over time, her loneliness and despair come to the surface.
The story revolves around the beautiful Nazan, the neighbor's daughter, who manages to remain a virgin despite marrying two of the neighborhood's handsome men, Selami and Cavit; the fierce competition between Selami and Cavit for Nazan; the schemes orchestrated by Nazan's mother, Necla; and the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and their simple reactions. Nazan's mother Necla's schemes; the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and the sudden media attention their simple lives receive, all told in a humorous tone.
Aziz, a former Yeşilçam director, was devastated when the woman he loved, Leyla, starred in a sex film, and he left Istanbul. Thirty years later, the stubborn man sells everything he owns and returns to Istanbul to film the script he has kept under his arm. Upon arriving in Istanbul, Aziz's first task is to find his "old friends." The elderly crew members are excited by the idea, but none of them are where Aziz left them, or as he left them. A lot has changed since then. Most of them have moved away from cinema and are doing other jobs. Aziz's determined attitude convinces the old crew that they can make the film. His friends know that Aziz wrote this script for Leyla at the time, and they suggest casting her in the role. Aziz vehemently refuses. His friends realize that the wounds are still fresh, and Aziz has not been able to let go of Leyla. It is clear that Aziz and Leyla are in for a difficult reckoning.
Şevkat Yerimdar is a good-hearted but hot-headed egg shop owner in Istanbul’s historic Balat district whose life is turned upside down when a wealthy heiress named Pelin crashes her car into his store - an incident that, captured and shared online, thrusts him into unexpected fame and a whirlwind of comic and romantic misadventures.
Ahmet Celal, who was injured during the war, is in great pain and a young woman named Emine helps him and saves him and heals him. A stormy love breaks out in those scenes and the intrigued life of that love is worked out.
After his wife's sudden death, a man takes care of his son living with a disability with help from a new employee at his struggling factory.
Cemil, a wannabe actor auditions for the villain role in a film. He can't get the role but the role gets him.
Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crushes into Omer's car. This accident causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time... This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Ozgur and Deniz together.
Ferdi, a simple and unassuming taxi driver, lives with his grandfather Cemşit. Cemşit has fallen in love with Tatyana, whom he only communicates with via text messages. When Tatyana asks for 10,000 euros to come to Turkey from Bulgaria, Cemşit decides to sell his farm. Ferdi tells his grandfather that Tatyana is a con artist, but he cannot convince him, and they set off for the real estate agent. On the way, they get into an accident and hit a woman named Kader. The young woman loses her memory after the accident. Ferdi does not know where to take Kader, so he takes her in his car and continues on his way. While dealing with his grandfather and making plans for Kader to regain her memory, Ferdi also has to deal with customers getting into the taxi. However, his problems are not limited to these. Along the way, Ferdi has to deal with two crazy people, a robber, the mafia, a wallet left in the car, and many other issues.
This fast paced farce begins with an apparently innocuous request from a village elder to take a recently deceased man to his home village for proper burial. Salim, the simple village man on which this request is bestowed, is afraid of death and by extension dead people, but he reluctantly agrees to take the dead man in his truck in order to incur good-will.
Ruzgar is a new cool boy in the school.Deniz is the girl who he heard in the cellphone,singing.Then they fall in love with each other. Selin is Deniz's bestie will support them but,their love relationship is gonna be complicated.
When Zeynel goes away to work, her lover Elif is adopted by a rich aga. After a while, it is heard that Elif is pregnant.
The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, but rather a story about the love and affection that a group of people feel for life and for each other. The film depicts all kinds of love, from east to west, from schoolchildren to villagers, from young to old, in both an emotional and humorous way.
In the early days of the September 12 military coup, five-year-old Metin waits for his mother, singing to himself as he looks out the window. But his mother, Ayten, has been arrested and sent to prison. Since the child is alone at home, they take him to his mother in her cell, but despite all her jokes and games, Metin is aware of what is happening. The next day, Metin's grandfather Hüseyin Efe, who lives on Bozcaada, comes to take him, and Metin's days of freedom on the island begin. His friends exclude him because of the "communist" label his mother has been given. Yet Metin cannot even properly say the word "communist." Metin, affected by the exclusion, has another concern: his father’s photo is also on the “Wanted” posters hanging all over the island.
In a poor neighbourhood of Istanbul, a young homeless girl has been found dead. Six people from the neighbourhood are being interrogated. While the police camera is recording, these six witnesses find themselves caught in manipulation and abuse, forcing them to give away their innermost secrets.
It is 80's Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime.
The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act.
Randıman tells the story of a young woman who travels to Ordu to prepare a presentation. Filiz, a young woman, works at an advertising company owned by a man named Ferhat. Ferhat, who is trying to keep his clients, asks Filiz to prepare a good presentation about chocolate. The young woman decides to start her research in Ordu, the land of hazelnuts and the place where she spent her childhood. While in Ordu, Filiz is overwhelmed with research, but Eşref, whom she spent time with as a child, and his family are very helpful to her during this process. However, mysterious events in the village hinder Filiz's work. When her colleagues from Istanbul also come to the village, Filiz finds herself caught up in a series of intriguing events.
Beste, who has a happy life with her husband Alper, dreams of becoming a writer. The young woman decides to pursue her dreams and takes the first step by leaving her corporate job. Just then, she is faced with an unexpected situation. Beste's life is completely transformed when she discovers she is pregnant. This beautiful surprise not only changes her life and that of her husband Alper but also deeply affects the lives of their obsessive families and their eccentric friends. As Beste navigates her pregnancy with morning sickness, sleepiness, and a series of hilarious incidents, will she be able to achieve her dreams alongside her baby?
Kahpe Bizans tells us the story of Yetis Bey (Cem Davran) and his struggle with Byzantian Emperor (Illetyus) in a humorous way.
A Turkish comedy film about an incompetent gang of criminals attempting to capture an oil installation in northern Iraq in order divert the oil to Turkey, which was the third highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007.
In an eastern Turkish town, suitors knock on the door of the mayor and father of three beautiful daughters who choose to follow their own paths.
A not very talented Albanian barber in Italy has a huge imagination.
This is the Black Sea, where love, hate, joy, and passion are experienced in the most absurd way. The efforts of women, each of whom is a stubborn goat, to bring men to their knees, and the efforts of men to besiege women and break their resistance.
What if a revolution will happen in Turkey? "After Revolution" is discussing ordinary, daily life just after socialist revolution in Turkey.
Şefik, a successful soldier, is one of the leading figures of the Committee of Union and Progress. When Abdulhamid II declares a constitutional monarchy, Şefik and his friends go to Istanbul. They plan to closely monitor the events unfolding there. However, it is here that Şefik will part ways with the society.
The lives of an army captain, a war correspondent and a young man with links to the PKK intertwine in the southeastern Anatolia Region in 1993.
Pop star Berkcan, who is constantly in the tabloid headlines, is lynched on social media after an unfortunate incident. Under public pressure, the court sentences Berkcan to live in a village for six months, away from his glamorous life and technology. Berkcan, who is going through a very difficult time, only knows the teacher Zeynep and her sister in the village.
Three patients being treated for Social Phobia, Schizophrenia and Multiple Personality are mistaken for three criminals during a hospital transfer and kidnapped by a criminal organization.
Four years ago, following the redevelopment of Çinçin Mahallesi, a group of shacks were demolished, and two of the three friends, Ramo and İbo, moved into the newly built houses. Now, the part where Fehmi Kır's house is located will also undergo the same redevelopment. However, unlike his friends, Fehmi has no intention of giving in so easily...
This film about the story of two brothers who do not want to sell the carpet field inherited from their father tells a funny and sometimes sad dille to struggle to kill their dreams despite the difficulties and the neighborhood solidarity from time to time.
Summer Love is a 2001 Turkish drama film directed and written by Barış Pirhasan with Gül Dirican.
In this story set in ancient times, 31 women who lost their husbands, fathers, and children in war rise up against their lack of men after many years and demand that the state send them men to marry and have children. Five single men from different regions and cultures are selected at a porter market in Istanbul to marry these 31 women. The selected men, unaware of what awaits them, believe they are going to war. However, the porters, referred to as "human donkeys," find themselves in a completely different adventure instead of the front lines.
Sükran's son Veysel works in a factory. Suffering as a result of her husband's political actions, she tries to save her son from the same fate.
Sol Jensen, a young Icelandic woman, and Halil Atesh, originally from the countryside in Turkey, meet in Reykjavik and fall passionately in love. Ten years later, Halil becomes an established businessman, while Sol runs a beauty parlor. Their two daughters, Leila and Aysiia, attend a Catholic school despite Halil's Muslim background and much to his grief. The split between him and Sol increases with the growing up of their daughters in a culture that is not his.
The brother of Mevlevi Sheikh Ahmet Nurettin is thrown into prison despite being innocent. Dervish believes that his brother will eventually return because he is innocent. However, his hopes are shattered when the judge sentences his brother to death. The dervish embarks on a great reckoning within himself, decides to confront those responsible, and begins to incite the people to revolt. Over time, he himself will become part of the very power he opposes...
At the age of 35, Ece is the assistant general manager of a company that produces baby diapers. She has a happy relationship with her lover Alper. Because Ece resists Alper’s desire to have a child, they cannot get married. At this moment, the 10-year-old Rüzgar, a snatching gang member, unexpectedly enters their lives and changes everything. After that, their journey on becoming a family evolves. They bring down a street gang, take control of their lives and manage to become a big family.
Nur is a woman who suffers from bipolar depression with psychosis. While she stays in a mental institution she confronts with her life; her childhood, her parents and her marriage...Can she ever learn to love herself?
Living in an Ankara shantytown, Mehmet plays the clarinet at a nightclub to support his family. When their home is sold to a contractor by his brother-in-law, the gap between Mehmet’s dreams and reality significantly grows.
Onların da aşkı masallar gibiydi ve evlendiler. Yani masallara göre sona geldiler… Adem'le Didem birbirlerini hala sevmektedirler. Ama evlilik, Adem'in sevgisini ve ilgisini açığa çıkartma reflekslerini köreltmiştir. Didem ise özgüveni ve özgür iradesi elinden alınmış mutsuz bir kadına dönüşmüştür. Tek tutunduğu onu yeniden hayata döndürecek işidir. Adem'i hala çok seviyordur. Kocasının peşinden ailesini, dostlarını, kariyerini bırakarak daha önce sadece haritalarda gördüğü şehirlere bile yerleşmekte tereddüt etmeyen Didem, şimdi aynı fedakarlığı Adem'den bekler. İşte tam bu sırada başka bir masalın prensi hikayemize girer. Artık uyanma vakti gelmiştir…
Ali works at the beach and waits every summer for the girl he loves to come on vacation. Umut goes fishing with his father and is madly in love with Zehra, who makes baskets on the island, but he can't bring himself to tell her brother about his feelings. Ömer works in the vineyard with his father. Additionally, he is developing formulas to produce his own wine in a small section of the vineyard allocated to him. The only hope of these three friends is to establish a winery together. All their efforts are aimed at raising the necessary funds. However, their lives are turned upside down by news from Vasilis. Now, it is time for everyone to confront their true feelings.
In 1930s Antioch during the last days of French Mandate of Syria, Please Don't Leave is the story of Triyandafilis, a fifteen year old mentally disabled daughter of a French merchant named Antoin. Triyandafilis, Not having much freedom because of her situation she spends most of her time locked up in the mansion.
The road movie centers on Mehmet, the youngest child of a conservative family. Living in a reactionary and oppressive family, Mehmet's life is shaped by the activities of the fundamentalist circle he belongs to. Mehmet's feelings for Firdevs, who works at the pharmacy next door, add to the contradictions he faces as he begins to live according to the hypocritical and oppressive values of this environment, and the conflict takes on a different dimension. What follows is Mehmet's struggle for "humanity" as he is unable to chart a course for his life in line with his beliefs and tries to resolve his contradictions through different pursuits. Mehmet's story reveals how the network that today confronts us worldwide as "jihadist terrorism" was organized right under our noses. It undertakes to explain how this terrorist machine was nourished by a reactionary network and the irreconcilable contradiction between this network and "humanity."
After the delay of an official imam sent to a little village, the villagers try to find an imam to lead them during pray. After discussions, they decide to make "Bizum Hoca" (Our hodja) the imam of village, a villager loved and respected by everyone, though he is not an official one. Hodja, a different man from stereotype imams, also wants to change some bad habits villagers have. Meanwhile, the construction of one of the hydroelectric power plants (HPP) causing intense discussions in the region, next to a river flowing through the village, becomes a hot issue on the village's agenda. The villagers are against this construction and the fight begins. "Bizum Hoca" finds himself leading the villagers who started the protests.
