''At the Bar'' ( tr, Barda) is a
2007 Turkish crime drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...
film, written and directed by
Serdar Akar based on a real-life event that happened in Ankara, Turkey in 1997, featuring
Nejat İşler as the head of a gang which brutalises, murders and rapes a group of young friends. The film, which went on general release across the country on , was shown in competition at the
26th Istanbul International Film Festival and marketed as the most violent Turkish film ever made.
Plot
A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish of their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at gunpoint by five strangers. With their mouths, hands and feet tied, they are tortured, raped and murdered until the next morning. The gang who have captured them have no clear reason, they just want to punish these young people for everything left incomplete in their lives.
Cast
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Nejat İşler – Egzozcu Selim
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Hakan Boyav – Patlak Osman
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Serdar Orçin
Serdar Orçin (born 21 January 1976) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1999.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male televisi ...
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Erdal Beşikçioğlu – Nasır
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Volga Sorgu
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– Çırak
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Doğu Alpan – Nail
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Burak Altay – TGG
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Melis Birkan
Melis Birkan (born 15 July 1982) is a Turkish actress.
She has starred in Çağan Irmak
Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is b ...
– Nil
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Nergis Öztürk
Nergis Öztürk (born 25 May 1980) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than twelve films since 2006. She had leading role in Böyle Bitmesin. She played in hit period series "Hatırla Sevgili".
Filmography
References
External li ...
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Sezen Aray – Pelin
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Meltem Parlak – Aynur
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Şamil Kafkas – Aliş
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Salih Bademci
Salih Bademci (born 15 August 1984) is a Turkish actor.
Bademci is a graduate of Bornova Anadolu Lisesi. After appearing in a minor role in 1994, he made his main debut with Serdar Akar's movie ''Barda'' and then appeared in his first role on t ...
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Sarp Aydınoğlu – Barbo
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Eray Özbal – Savcı
Festival Screenings
*14th Antalya Golden Boll Film Festival
*18th Limak Ankara International Film Festival
*26th Istanbul International Film Festival
References
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2007 films
2000s Turkish-language films
Films set in Turkey
Films set in Istanbul
Turkish crime drama films
2007 crime drama films
2007 crime thriller films
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