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From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.

전쟁의 아픔을 숨긴 채 살아온 아마추어 오페라 가수 ‘일리야스’ 아름다운 목소리로 인해 영국 대사관 집사로 발탁된 그는 제2차 세계대전의 결과를 뒤바꿀 일급 기밀 정보를 입수한 후 위험한 거래를 시작하는 비밀 스파이가 되기로 하는데… 역사를 뒤바꾼 첩보 작전! 전 세계의 운명이 그에게 달렸다!

유언으로 전달받은 불로장생약 제조 비법을 연구하던 수의과 교수가 조직 폭력단의 경마 사기극에 휩쓸리고 만다.

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.

What if a revolution will happen in Turkey? "After Revolution" is discussing ordinary, daily life just after socialist revolution in Turkey.

The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.

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.