''The International'' ( tr, Beynelmilel) is a 2006 Turkish

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, directed by Muharrem Gülmez and

Sırrı Süreyya Önder Sırrı Süreyya Önder (born 7 July 1962) is a Turkish film director, actor, screenwriter, columnist and politician. Elected to parliament in 2011 Turkish general election, 2011 as an independent backed by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), ...

, about a group of local musicians preparing to play at a large military parade in a small town near Adana, Turkey. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won awards at film festivals in Adana, Ankara, Istanbul and Thessalonika. It was also entered into the

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Plot

In 1982 a small town near Adana prepares to host a large military parade. A group of local musicians are to perform at the event. Gülendam, the daughter of Abuzer, one of the musicians is getting ready for university. Her boyfriend Haydar who is a left wing activist and his friends hatch plot to replace the track to be played with

The Internationale "The Internationale" (french: "L'Internationale", italic=no, ) is an international anthem used by various communist and socialist groups; currently, it serves as the official anthem of the Communist Party of China. It has been a standard of th ...

Cast

Cezmi Baskın Cezmi Baskın (born 11 March 1949) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since the 1970s. Selected filmography References External links * 1949 births Living people Turkish male film actors Male actors from ...

as Abuzer Yayladalı *

Özgü Namal Melahat Özgü Namal (born 28 December 1978) is a Turkish actress. Biography Her maternal family are Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire (now in Greece). Her paternal family is Turkish immigrant from Macedonia. Özgü Amel Nam ...

as Gülendam * Umut Kurt as Haydar Arıkan * Bahri Beyat as Mahmut Yayladalı *

Meral Okay Meral Okay (, née Katı; September 20, 1959 – April 9, 2012) was a Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter. Early life Okay was born on September 20, 1959 in Ankara to military judge Ata Katı and Türkan as the second child. During h ...

as Ayderya Derya *

Nazmi Kirik Nazmi (also transliterated as Nadhmi, ar, نظمي) is an Arabic male given name, the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓāʾ is often closer to a strong "d" sound, therefore the name's pronunciation differs based on the spoken varieties of Arab ...

as Tekin Yayladalı *

Oktay Kaynarca Oktay Kaynarca (born 27 January 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his roles in the longest crime series '' Kurtlar Vadisi'' and ''Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz'' (2015–2021). His other hit series are "Yeditepe İstanbul" with ...

as Major - Commander of The Major Law in the town *

Dilber Ay Dilber Ay (born Dilber Karakaş; 1 January 1956 – 29 April 2019) was a Turkish folk singer, songwriter and TV presenter. Life A member of the Kureyşan tribe, Ay was born on 1 January 1956 in Pazarcık to a family of Yörük and Kurdish desc ...

as Arzum Çilem

Awards

The film won the following awards: *14th

Altın Koza International Film Festival Adana Golden Boll Film Festival ( tr, Adana Altın Koza Film Festivali), known between 2016 and 2018 as International Adana Film Festival (), is a film festival in Adana, Turkey, that was held five times between 1969 and 1974 and every year since 2 ...

: Best Film, Best Film (audience award), Best Screenplay (Sırrı Süreyya Önder), Best Actor (Cezmi Baskın), Best Supporting Actress (Meral Okay & Dilber Ay), Best Cinematography (Gökhan Atılmış) *18th

Ankara Film Festival Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the list of national capitals, capital of Turkey. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center ...

: Best Film, Onat Kutlar Best Screenplay Award (Sırrı Süreyya Önder) *Barcelona International Political Films Festival: Audience Award, Jury Special Award *26th

Istanbul Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, T ...

: Best Actress (Özgü Namal) *

Pune International Film Festival The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at NFAI, Inox, City Pride, PVR cinema halls, all located in Pune ...

: Best Actor (Cezmi Baskın)

References

External links

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