''Where's Firuze?'' (

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

: ''Neredesin Firuze?'') is a 2004

comedy film directed by

Ezel Akay Ezel Akay (born 20 January 1961) is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer. Life and work After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Boğaziçi University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova Univ ...

and written by

Levent Kazak Levent Kazak (born 5 May 1967) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter and actor. Biography Levent Kazak was born in Ankara in 1967. He finished Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1985. He studied at several universities such as Boğaziçi Uni ...

based on a story of

Özcan Deniz Özcan Deniz (born 19 May 1972) is a Turkish actor, singer, composer, writer and director, who is of Kurdish descent. Life His family is of Kurdish origin. Deniz's family is originally from Ağrı but he was born in Ankara and grew up in Aydı ...

Plot

Hayri and Orhan, who run the Umut Müzik label, are two unsuccessful producers and when their latest artist Hamit Hayran fails, they are left heavily in debt. They pin their hopes on a singer from the Turkish community in Germany called Ferhat Can. Ferhat enthusiastically arrives in Turkey and falls in love with a model Melek who he first sees on a billboard. Ferhat finishes recording at the studio, but they can't release his work because they can't afford the costs. They arrange for him to appear on a talk show (hosted by Çiğdem Tunç), but he is shafted for an established singer Tanju Gürsoy. He crashes onto the stage and manages to showcase his talent. A woman Firuze who watches him on TV is impressed by him and offers to help him become a star. When Firuze doesn't show up for many days, Hayri and his men find out at the bank that she hadn't opened the account that she promised. Ferhat goes to her home, only to find out that she is mentally ill. Hayri and his men are forced to accept a wedding assignment from their creditor Tayyar, which turns out to be between his son and Melek. When Melih and Ferhat takes the stage, Tayyar who had forbidden Melih to sing, is enraged and orders them to be killed. As they flee Tayyar's men, a food fight begins and the wedding is crashed. Hayri and his men are left depressed by their failures. They make a

suicide pact A suicide pact is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide. The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed. General considerations Suicide pacts are an important concept in the study of suicide, and h ...

and try to commit suicide by swallowing a large amount of pills in their house. Hayri wakes up next day. He regrets that he actually didn't swallow the pills and spit them out secretly. He looks at the bodies of his friends and starts crying. However, all of his friends wakes up one by one and they start laughing. Surprised to see his friends alive, Hayri proclaims that they have been reborn and announces a new start.

Cast

Haluk Bilginer Nihat Haluk Bilginer (; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera ''EastEnders'' ...

- Hayri *

- Ferhat *

Demet Akbağ Demet Akbağ (née İybar; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre and film actress. Biography Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her maternal family is of Turkmen descent. H ...

- Firuze *

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 ...

- Orhan *

Ruhi Sarı Ruhi Sarı (born 18 May 1972) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for hit series "Yeditepe İstanbul", "Yarım Elma", "Sultan Makamı". He has appeared in more than ninety films and series. Selected filmography References External links ...

- Seyfi *

Ragıp Savaş Ragıp Savaş is a Turkish actor, singer and former sportsman known for his work on '' Valley of the Wolves: Ambush'' (2007), ''Where's Firuze?'' (2004) and '' Kuruluş: Osman'' (2019–2021). Biography Ragıp Savaş was born in İzmit, T ...

- Melih *

Şebnem Dönmez Şebnem Dönmez (born May 17, 1974 in Salzgitter, West Germany) is a Turkish movie, television series actress and host of television shows. Originally a model, she debuted in 1992 at the television scene taking part in a motorsports show of TRT ...

- Melek * Uğur Uludağ - İbrahim *

Ata Demirer Ata Demirer (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish filmmaker, stand-up comedian, actor, and musician. He is known for his live comedy sketches as well as for writing and starring in a string of Turkish box-office hits including ''Eyyvah Eyvah'' (2010), ...

- Hamit Hayran * Janset - Pacal *

Güner Özkul Güner is a Turkish unisex given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Güner Ureya (born 1973), Kosovar diplomat Surname * Agah Oktay Güner (born 1937), Turkish journalist and politician * Aslıhan Güner (born ...

- Neval Hemşire *

Ahu Türkpençe Ahu Türkpençe (born 2 January 1977) is a Turkish actress. Biography Ahu Türkpençe was born in Samsun on the Black Sea coast. Her sister is actress, Gözde Türkpençe. She was interested in theatre and with the help of a close friend, she jo ...

- Ayşen * Kemal Gökhan Gürses - Osman * Rıza Sönmez - Kürşat *

Zeynep Eronat Zeynep Eronat (born 9 July 1963) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Eronat was born in 1963 in Istanbul. Due to her father's profession, her childhood years were spent in various cities of Turkey. She started to live in Ankara from the ag ...

- Sansar * Murat Akkoyunlu - Tatu *

- Kaveci

Guest stars/cameos

* Ahmet Saraçoğlu - Doktor * Ayşin Zeren - Sirin * Bora Ayanoğlu - Tayyar * Çiğdem Tunç - Herself * Hasan Uzma - Gözlük *

Erol Büyükburç Erol Büyükburç (8 August 1936 – 12 March 2015) was a Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor. Early years and family life Büyükburç was born on 8 August 1936 in Adana. After primary school in his hometown and commerce-h ...

- Smokin Farkut *

Esin Afşar Esin Afşar (''née'' Sinanoğlu; 1 January 1936 – 14 November 2011) was a well-known Turkish singer and stage actress. Personal life She was born in Bari, Italy to Nüzhet Haşim Sinanoğlu, a writer and consular official of Turkey and his w ...

- Süreyya *Fatih Ürek - Emre Menekşe * Elfe Uluç - Süslü * Gamze Gözalan - Tumbul * Hamdi Alkan - Hoca *

Semir Aslanyürek Semir may refer to: * Semir (given name), an alternate form of the Arabic given name Samir * Vladimir de Semir Vladimir de Semir (born 1948 in Barcelona) is Spanish journalist. He started his career in 1975 and has specialized in science journalism ...

- Kahtalı Berber * Songül Ülkü - Alev * Tuncay Akça - Komik Tiyatrocu * Vural Bingöl - Kel *

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best Sc ...

- Mahsun

Awards

The film won the following awards *16th

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 Actress (Demet Akbağ), Best Screenplay (Mustafa Preşeva), Best Art Direction (Naz Erayda), Best Cinematography *12th ÇASOD Awards: Best Actress (Demet Akbağ) *9th Sadri Alışık Awards: Best Actor (Haluk Bilginer), Best Actress (Demet Akbağ) *26th SİYAD Awards: Best Actress (Demet Akbağ), Best Cinematography (Hayk Kirakosyan)

Soundtrack album

In February 2004, a soundtrack album was issued on the

Kalan Müzik Kalan Müzik or Kalan Music for the West is a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul. It was founded in 1991 by Hasan Saltık. It specializes in releasing Saltık's recordings of classical and traditional ethnic and folk musi ...

label.

Track listing

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0410369, title=Where's Firuze? 2004 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2000s musical comedy films 2004 black comedy films Films set in Turkey Turkish black comedy films 2004 comedy films