Paper (film)
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Paper is a 2010 Turkish comedy-drama film directed by Sinan Çetin
, which tells the story of a young director trying to make his first film. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was premiered in competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 9-14, 2010).
Standing up to authority in pursuit of his ideals, this young man finds himself entangled in a vehement struggle against this petty official who blindly enforces a senseless law.
Sinan Çetin
Sinan Çetin is a Turkish actor, film director, and producer.Çetin was born as the son of a customs officer and studied art history at Hacettepe University. Çetin has produced full-length films and television series, and foremost, commercials...
, which tells the story of a young director trying to make his first film. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was premiered in competition at the 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 9-14, 2010).
Plot
Emrah is a dreamer who hopes to be a great director, trying to shoot his first feature film. His father Mehdi, a retired customs enforcement officer, believes that Emrah is going to become a pharmacist. Emrah manages to cobble together funding from producers with the help of his friends and his mother Şahane, but is held up by the bureaucracy. The main obstacle between him and his dreams is an endorsement letter he needs from Müzeyyen, the head of the censorship board. But this proves more difficult than he expected...Standing up to authority in pursuit of his ideals, this young man finds himself entangled in a vehement struggle against this petty official who blindly enforces a senseless law.
General release
The film opened on nationwide general release in 86 screens across Turkey on at number 8 in the national box office with a first weekend gross of $54,815.Festival screenings
- 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film FestivalThe 47th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival was a film festival held in Antalya, Turkey which ran from October 9 to 14, 2010. Prizes were awarded in four competitions in the course of the festival, at which 191 films were shown at 12 venues across the city with the theme Cinema...
(October 9-14, 2010)