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Vizontele (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Turkish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Turkish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
151 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Music Video

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Turkey ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Yilmaz Erdogan
Ömer Faruk Sorak

Written By:
Yilmaz Erdogan

Actors:
Yilmaz Erdogan ..... Deli Emin
Demet Akbag ..... Siti Ana (Siti Mother)
Altan Erkekli ..... Nazmi
Cem Yilmaz ..... Fikri
Yasar Akin ..... Ihsan
Caner Alkaya ..... Yso
Yasemin Alkaya ..... Gulsen
Betül Arim ..... Ismihal
Aydin Aydin ..... Zakir
Iclal Aydin ..... Reyhan
Senol Bali ..... Yilmaz
Cezmi Baskin ..... Latif
Zeki Bayar ..... Berfinci
Sinan Baydir ..... Bahadir
Sinan Bengier ..... Cevat
Metin Büktel ..... 2. Devrimci
Mesut Cakarli ..... Rifat
Erkan Can ..... Mela Hüseyin
Meral Çetinkaya ..... Nevin
Tolga Cevik ..... Nazif
Sertac Demirtas ..... Yasar
Köksal Engür ..... Tekin
Aykut Erdogan ..... Sitki
Deniz Erdogan ..... Cevdet
Bican Günalan ..... Sezgin
Can Kahraman ..... Ezo
Salih Kalyon ..... Casim
Nusret Karakus ..... Veysi
Ramazan Kaya ..... 1. Devrimci
Sinan Kilic ..... Aykut
Sener Kokkaya ..... Basri
Andrea Lizkova ..... Christine
Abdülbaki Nazli ..... Saban
Serhat Özcan ..... Engin
Tuncer Salman ..... Ahmet
Safak Sezer ..... Veli
Sebnem Sönmez ..... Gulizar
Zerrin Sumer ..... Zerrin
Faik Tan ..... Sacit
Selahattin Tasdögen ..... Simo
Fikret Tatlir ..... Zabita
Pinar Tezcan ..... Leman
Zeynep Tokus ..... Asiye
Erdal Tosun ..... Sehymus
Sahin Yayli ..... Mustafa
Hüsrev Yildiz ..... Asiye's father

Synopsis:

Ever since the 1950s, television and the movies have been engaged in an ongoing war for the mind of the average Joe, but this battle for cultural supremacy takes a very different form in this comedy from Turkey. It's 1974, but in a small village in Southern Turkey, the 20th century is only grudgingly acknowledged by most of the residents. The state of the art of entertainment is represented by open-air film screenings hosted by Latif (Cezmi Baskin), a sleazy opportunist with access to a collection of aged motion pictures from Turkey and France. Nazmi (Altan Erkekli), the mayor of the town, bitterly dislikes Latif and boycotts his screenings out of spite -- though he encourages his wife and children to watch the films for free from the rooftop of a nearby building. Nazmi, however, has learned of a new invention that could conceivably put Latif out of business once and for all -- a 'picture box' that seemingly pulls images and sounds out of the sky. Television is all but unknown in the village, and Nazmi is the first man in town to own a set, but having a TV and getting a decent picture are two very different matters, and the search for a strong signal eventually leads to a journey up a nearby mountain. Latif, meanwhile, counters the news of the 'vision-tele' everyone is talking about by spreading word that the TV is the work of the Devil and a slap in the face of Islamic tradition. Vizontele was written by Yilmaz Erdogan, who also collaborated on the direction with O. Faruk Sorak.

Small village life in 1974 Turkey doesn't provide too many distractions. The biggest local entertainment comes from the nightly open-air cinema run by shady businessman Latif. Latif is on anything but good terms with the town's good-hearted mayor, Nazmi. So when Nazmi hears of a new invention, the ''vision-tele'', that may make cinema obsolete, he shows a strong interest. Hoping to cut into Latif''s business as a cinema-swindler, Nazmi buys one of these new contraptions. But the effort needed to catch a television signal will be more work than he bargained for.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 July, 2007.

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