Günesi Gördüm

2009
2h

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Erol Demiröz, Altan Erkekli, Serif Sezer, Demet Evgar, Mahsun Kirmizigül, and Murat Ünalmis in Günesi Gördüm (2009)

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, th... Read allIn the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.

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6.6/10

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Awards
- 6 wins & 6 nominations

Trivia
Turkey's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

Goofs
At the starting scene you can see 2 attack helicopters those are Mil Mi-24 helicopters (Russian made) and Turkey doesn't have helicopters like this ones.

Soundtracks
You Owe Me
Lyrics and Music by Ragga Oktay

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8/10

A melodramatic epic that preaches a message of tolerance to a divided country...

Popular Turkish arabesque singer-songwriter turned actor-director Mahsun Kırmızıgül ("The White Angel") followed this sceptically received freshman melodrama with this equally sceptically received sophomore melodrama which topped the Turkish box office and took an unappreciated trip to the Academy Awards selection committee.

Davut (Altan Erkekli) and Ramo (Mahsun Kırmızıgül) head two wings of an extended Kurdish family forced from their village by the conflict in Turkey's south-eastern region with one resettling in Istanbul and the other attempting to illegally enter Norway as the driving force of this epic melodrama of interwoven story lines.

Mahsun Kırmızıgül remains true to his arabesque roots with a demagogic central performance whilst more stoic support comes from veteran character actor Altan Erkekli ("O... Çocuklari" & "Waiting for Heaven"), stunning starlet Demet Evgar ("Shattered Soul" & "Banyo") and Yeşilçam award-winning up-and-comer Cemal Toktaş ("Black Dogs Barking").

The emerging director still suffers from the excess of sentimentality that lead his debut film to box-office success and critical drubbing but here he has a wealth of story lines worthy of his didactic style as his cardboard characters espouse messages of tolerance to a sweeping musical score that even the most cynical can't help but be moved by.

"You rarely ever see the sun here."