The International (2006 film)
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''The International'' ( tr, Beynelmilel) is a 2006 Turkish
comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...
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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
, directed by Muharrem Gülmez and Sırrı Süreyya Önder, 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
29th Moscow International Film Festival The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Travelling with Pets'' directed by Vera Storozheva. Jury * Fred Schepisi (Australia – Chairman of the Jury) * A ...
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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
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Cast

* Cezmi Baskın 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 as Ayderya Derya * Nazmi Kirik as Tekin Yayladalı * Oktay Kaynarca as Major - Commander of The Major Law in the town * Dilber Ay 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: Best Film, Onat Kutlar Best Screenplay Award (Sırrı Süreyya Önder) *Barcelona International Political Films Festival: Audience Award, Jury Special Award *26th Istanbul Film Festival: Best Actress (Özgü Namal) * Pune International Film Festival: Best Actor (Cezmi Baskın)


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* 2006 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2000s political comedy-drama films Films set in Turkey Turkish political films Best Picture Golden Boll Award winners 2006 comedy films 2006 drama films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub