A Madonna in Laleli (1999)

Фильм состоит из пяти отдельных историй. В каждой истории участвуют сказочные персонажи. Особенность этих персонажей заключается в том, что их образы и действия очень сильно напоминают героев сегодняшнего времени. Персонажи все делают так, как мы это делаем сегодня. Кроме того, эти абсолютно разные истории, которые переплетаются между собой. В общем, проще посмотреть.

Two construction workers from Istanbul yearn to escape to sunny Italy and find better jobs. In an attempt to save enough money to move, they unwittingly become involved in their boss's shady criminal dealings. With a little twist of unexpected events their lives turns out to be far from anything they have dreamed of.

Неблагополучный стамбульский район с названием «Холера-стрит» - место, где издавна живёт Салих – сын уважаемого парикмахера Али, работающий механиком. Переехавшая к ним в квартал Тина устраивается работать проституткой под покровительством сутенёра Нихата. Их любовь расцветает среди безобразия и нестабильности окружающей обстановки: драк, убийств, нужды и безнаказанного разгула преступности с попустительства коррумпированной полиции. Их будущее кажется несчастливым и непредсказуемым…

Sailors want to remain in their small world, which is warm and cozy and full of lies, but their routine life turns upside down when one of them gets mugged and badly beaten.

A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family.

A tragicomedy dramatizing how an innocent villager is driven into the crime world only to collect enough cash to make his biggest dream come true: Return to his village home and marry the girl next door.

In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.

Imdat is a poor, uneducated, working class window cleaner who has migrated to the big city. As he cleans the windows of the private TV channel Kanal I, the president of the channel, Berk, discovers that Imdat has an uncanny ability to sense what program will yield the best ratings and what is likely to be panned by audiences, thus Berk begins milking Imdat's unique ability to score ratings. Soon Imdat finds himself replacing the president and leading the TV channel. He goes on to produce some truly tasteless and exploitative programs that enjoy massive ratings, eventually becoming part of the dirty media games himself.

Although it sounds good in theory, the miracle of becoming the Son of the Sun doesn't in practice turn out the way Fikri Şemsigil expects. His whole life depends on this one "big" day, but the consequences of this miracle disappoint Fikri as his life is turned upside down. To rid himself of this so-called miracle, Fikri decides to explore its source but there's still the big problem with the woman in the building across the street!

Махсун – стамбульский безработный и бездомный бедолага, помогающий местному рыбаку, чтобы не умереть от голода. Он великолепно вскрывает замки и угоняет автомобили – но лишь для того, чтобы в их салоне провести зимнюю ночь в тепле, не замерзнуть насмерть на улице, как его друг. Можно было бы, как делают многие бездомные, «устроиться» на зиму в тюрьму, но Махсуна не хотят туда брать – ведь тюрьму он уже успел обокрасть...

While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.

Kerim lives with his family in a rent house for years. One day his landlord tells him to look for another house or raise the rent money.He finds a house by the help of Sühandan whom he works together and in love.

A middle class young man rebels against his father’s brutish authority and seeks a rough romance with a woman of ethnic minority. Yuce’s moral tale draws from the example of today’s Turkish youth and the timeless shadow of fathers over sons.

He is a civil servant in the bland state office. His whole life changes when his reports get mixed up in the hospital and he gets news that he's going to die very soon.

Hayri and Orhan are two music producers head over heels in debt. In an attempt to find the next big thing to turn the business around, they contact Ferhat, a gastarbeiter in Germany, and desperately bring him to Istanbul to sign him. As they are struggling to find the necessary funds to promote Ferhat's debut album, a mysterious rich woman named Firuze shows up and starts supporting them. The future now seems bright, but things are not always what they seem...

Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind.

Years after a divorce divides their family in half, six siblings encounter each other by chance and try to get their parents back together.

So begins an entertaining road story where we witness two brothers with different cultural backgrounds, who don't even know each other, have similarities, differences and even their fights.