''When Luck Breaks the Door'' () is a 2005

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comedy film, written and directed by Tayfun Güneyer, featuring

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as a man who takes his family on a holiday to a Caribbean island at the centre of a CIA assassination plot. The film, which went on general release across the country on , was shown in competition at the 42nd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. It was mostly shot on location in

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Plot

When Kuddusi Yurdum misses the final answer on the TV gameshow "Şans Kapıyı Kırınca", his family is given a consolation prize: a vacation to Barboonia, a fictional "

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" island country near

. They are welcomed there by the country's dictator President Carlos, in order to stop an assassination plot by the

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Cast

as Kuddusi / Presidente Carlos (Carlos Romário Mustafa Ibrahim Salvador del Puento González Salgado) *

Asuman Dabak Asuman Dabak (born 1 February 1970) is a Turkish actress. Selected filmography References External links * 1970 births Living people Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses People from Akhisar {{Turkey-actor-stub ...

as Nermin (Kuddusi's wife) *

Zeki Alasya Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha. Filmleri 1957 Bir Avuç Toprak 1958 Iftira 1959 Gurbet 1960 Tas Beb ...

as Father Alfonso *

İlkay Saran İlkay is a common unisex Turkish Turkish name, given name. "İlkay" is composed of two words: "İlk" and "Ay". In Turkish, "İlk" means "first", and/or "prime", whereas "ay" means "moon". Thus, İlkay means "new moon, First moon". Given name

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as Lezize (Kuddusi's mother-in-law, Nermin's mother) *

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as José Ricardo * Necmi Yapıcı as Ercan (Kuddusi's brother-in-law, Nermin's brother) *

Fethi Kantarcı Fethi is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic name Fathi (Arabic: فَتْحِي ''fat·ḥiy/ fat·ḥī/ fat·ḥy'') which means "victorious, triumphant". Notable people with the name include: * Féthi Baccouche (born 1960), Tunisian long-distance ...

as Yaman (Kuddusi's son) * Alev Gezer as Ebru (Kuddusi's daughter) * Ayça Tekindor as Princess Maria *

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as Hotel Bonita Cocierge * Doğa Rutkay as Air Hostess *

Tamer Karadağlı Tamer Karadağlı (born 24 May 1967) is a Turkish actor and director of Turkish State Theatres. Biography Tamer Karadağlı's family originated in Sarıkamış, Kars Province, and moved to America a short time after he was born. They returned ...

as the Pilot *

Memet Ali Alabora Memet Ali Alabora (born 25 November 1977) is a Turkish film and theatre actor. He is the son of actors Mustafa Alabora and Betül Arım. He is best known for hit crime comedy "Yılan Hikayesi". With Sanem Çelik, he played together in the h ...

as Flight Passenger 1 *

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as Flight Passenger 2 * Hakan Yılmaz as Presenter (of the TV gameshow)

References

External links

* 2005 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2005 comedy films Films set in Turkey Turkish comedy films Turkish-language comedy films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub