''Follow Kadri, Not Your Heart'' ( tr, Kadri'nin Götürdüğü Yere Git) is a 2009 Turkish

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

, directed by Onur Tan, starring

Şafak Sezer Erol Şafak Sezer (born 10 October 1970) is a Turkish actor who usually appears in comedic roles. His stage debut came in Haldun Taner's play ''Eşeğin Gölgesi'' at Ankara Halk Tiyatrosu (Ankara People's Theatre). He acted in several other pla ...

as a man who goes on holiday to get over being dumped, only to find his ex at the same hotel. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was one of the highest-grossing

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Plot

Kadri and Cem are very close friends (''Kankas'' or "blood brothers"). After Cem is dumped by his girlfriend Betül, Kadri suggests that he go on a holiday to

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to get over it. Eventually Cem meets and falls in love with a girl named Umut. But then Betül and her new boyfriend Hakan show up at the same hotel.

Cast

as Kadri *

Alp Kırşan Alp Kırşan (born 3 November 1979) is a Turkish actor. Kırşan began his career as a professional model. He was chosen as 'Best Model of Turkey' in 2002. He hosted a program ''Sabah Şekerleri'' with Özlem Yıldız. He began his acting with ...

as Cem * Esin Civangil as Umut *

Eylem Şenkal Eylem Şenkal (born 21 June 1976) is a Turkish model, TV star and volleyball player in Turkey. She did her secondary studies in Kadir Has High School and then registered at Istanbul University and she graduated in Sport Academy of Marmara Unive ...

as Betül * Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan as Güneş * Nesrin Akdağ as Deniz * Sevgi Berna Biber as Aysun * Gülden Avşaroğlu as Şeri * Nurseli Tırışkan as Menejer *

Nilgün Belgün Nilgün Belgün (born 18 March 1953) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Belgün studied at the Special Şişli High School and later at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. She started her career in 1973. She first went on stage at Devekuşu ...

as Teyze *

Cem Özer Cem Özer (born 5 October 1959) is a Turkish actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1976. Books * Yastıkaltı Hikayeleri, Neden Kitap Publishing, () * A! Cem'i Yazılar, Parantez Publishing, March 1997, () * Yirmidört Saat (Film ...

as Arçil Naz *

Uğur Uludağ Uğur is a common masculine Turkish and Azerbaijani given name. In both Turkish and Azerbaijani, the word "uğur" means "luck". Given name * Uğur Albayrak (born 1988), Turkish footballer * Uğur Boral (born 1982), Turkish footballer * Uğur � ...

as Şota *

Ebru Özenden Ebru may refer to: Artform Ebru is the contemporary Turkish word for what is called marbled paper in English. People *Ebru Aydın (born 1973), Turkish singer and songwriter * Ebru Barutçu Gökdenizler (born 1959), Turkish diplomat and ambassad ...

as Beyza

Release

The film opened in 164 screens across Turkey on at number 1 in the box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $433,672.

Reception

Box office

The film was the seventh highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a total worldwide gross of $2,502,800.

References

External links

* * * 2009 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2009 comedy films Films set in Turkey Turkish comedy films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub