''Offside'' ( tr, Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar) is a 2000 Turkish

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, written and directed by

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, about a local amateur

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that hopes to win the league championship. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won four awards at the 20th Istanbul International Film Festival, including Best Turkish Film of the Year and the People's Choice Award. It was described by author

Rekin Teksoy Rekin Teksoy (1928 – May 30, 2012) was a Turkish lawyer, author and translator. Career Teksoy taught courses in Istanbul University’s Communications Faculty on ''Art of Cinema'' and ''Cinema and Literature Relations'' for over twenty years. ...

as having a "less innovative albeit fluent style" in comparison to the director's debut film '' On Board'' ( tr, Gemide, 1998).

Plot

Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practising as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. Suat is in love with Nurten, the neighbourhood beauty, but she has never responded to his many secret letters. The neighbourhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship.

Cast

Müjde Ar Kamile Suat Ebrem (born 21 June 1954), better known as Müjde Ar, is a Turkish film actress.

as Aynur *

Savaş Dinçel Savaş Dinçel (1 April 1942 – 20 December 2007) was a Turkish actor . Biography Savaş Dinçel was born in 1942 in İstanbul. He studied at Koca Ragıp Paşa Primary School and İstanbul Erkek High School, before studying theatre at İstan ...

as Hacı *

Uğur Polat Uğur Polat (born 4 September 1961, in Istanbul) is a Turkish actor. He graduated from theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He was lecturer in Anadolu University. He joined the Ankara Art Theatre (Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu). He has ...

as Cem *

Rafet El Roman Rafet Yaşdut (born 25 August 1968), better known by his stage name Rafet El Roman, is a Turkish pop singer of Romani heritage. He holds German citizenship. Biography When El Roman's parents moved to Germany in 1970, he lived with his grandmoth ...

as Serkan * Şahnaz Çakıralp as Nurten *

Erkan Can Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance b ...

as Suat * Fatih Akyol as Selçuk

References

External links

* Turkish comedy-drama films 2000 films 2000s Turkish-language films Association football films 2000 comedy-drama films Films set in Turkey {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub