The White Angel
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The White Angel is a 2007 Turkish drama film
, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007
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treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get married. Ahmet arrangers for a big wedding and invites them to his home village in Diyarbakır for their honeymoon together with all the other elders.
reviewer M. Nedim Hazar states that the film contains, the East-West contradiction and a comparison of values. It brings the dominating force of the West -- the mind -- and that of the East -- the heart - face to face, but doesn't take a folkloric approach to the East-West comparison as in Yılmaz Erdoğan's movies. Apart from this, it still falls into the marshland of exaggerated caricature-ization which seems to have "worked into the veins" of the celebrities who star in the film. Moviegoers might be fond of this, but it is still an important setback for a movie. He concludes it is a film, that will shock -- in a positive sense -- those whose expectations for the film are very low because of Kırmızıgül. It's also a movie that is very "presentable," whose language and message is very clear. In addition, it contains as much laughter and tears as any Yeşilçam movie does. It should be watched and applauded as a first film of a first-time director..
The White Angel is a 2007 Turkish drama film
, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007
.
treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get married. Ahmet arrangers for a big wedding and invites them to his home village in Diyarbakır for their honeymoon together with all the other elders.
reviewer M. Nedim Hazar states that the film contains, the East-West contradiction and a comparison of values. It brings the dominating force of the West -- the mind -- and that of the East -- the heart - face to face, but doesn't take a folkloric approach to the East-West comparison as in Yılmaz Erdoğan's movies. Apart from this, it still falls into the marshland of exaggerated caricature-ization which seems to have "worked into the veins" of the celebrities who star in the film. Moviegoers might be fond of this, but it is still an important setback for a movie. He concludes it is a film, that will shock -- in a positive sense -- those whose expectations for the film are very low because of Kırmızıgül. It's also a movie that is very "presentable," whose language and message is very clear. In addition, it contains as much laughter and tears as any Yeşilçam movie does. It should be watched and applauded as a first film of a first-time director..
The White Angel is a 2007 Turkish drama film
, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007
.
treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get married. Ahmet arrangers for a big wedding and invites them to his home village in Diyarbakır for their honeymoon together with all the other elders.
reviewer M. Nedim Hazar states that the film contains, the East-West contradiction and a comparison of values. It brings the dominating force of the West -- the mind -- and that of the East -- the heart - face to face, but doesn't take a folkloric approach to the East-West comparison as in Yılmaz Erdoğan's movies. Apart from this, it still falls into the marshland of exaggerated caricature-ization which seems to have "worked into the veins" of the celebrities who star in the film. Moviegoers might be fond of this, but it is still an important setback for a movie. He concludes it is a film, that will shock -- in a positive sense -- those whose expectations for the film are very low because of Kırmızıgül. It's also a movie that is very "presentable," whose language and message is very clear. In addition, it contains as much laughter and tears as any Yeşilçam movie does. It should be watched and applauded as a first film of a first-time director..
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
Mahsun Kirmizigül
Mahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007
Turkish films of 2007
A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2007.- Highest-grossing films :- References :...
.
Plot
Ali and Reşat bring their father Ahmet who is suffering from brain cancer for chemotherapyChemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get married. Ahmet arrangers for a big wedding and invites them to his home village in Diyarbakır for their honeymoon together with all the other elders.
Main cast
- Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
( Ali) - Arif Erkin (Ahmet)
- Yıldız KenterYildiz KenterYıldız Kenter is a famous Turkish actress and lecturer of English and Turkish descent. - Filmography :* Vatan İçin * Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür * Anneler ve Kızları * Pembe Kadın...
(Melek) - Nejat Uygur (Gazi Cemal)
- Yavuz BingölYavuz BingölYavuz Bingöl is in the folk realm of Turkish music and is also an actor.He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964.He was in several miniseries on Turkish TV, including Bayanlar Baylar, Ah Be İstanbul and Yanık Koza. He also did the romance series Zerda and the sitcom Esref Saati...
(Hıdır) - Erol GünaydınErol GünaydinErol Günaydın is a veteran Turkish theater and film actor, as well as a renowned showman famous particularly for his portrayal of Nasreddin Hoca and his performances in the traditional Turkish meddah...
(Commander Vahit) - Sarp Apak (Reşat)
- Zeynep TokuşZeynep TokusZeynep Tokuş is a Turkish actress and former beauty pageant winner. Recently, she won the title of the TV show Turkish version of Dancing on Ice.-Biography:Tokuş was educated in graphic design at the Bilkent University in Ankara....
(Nazlı) - Toron Karacaoğlu (Yorgo)
- Salih Kalyon (Hacı)
- Cezmi Baskın (Sabri)
- Lale Belkıs (Nebahat]
- Ali SürmeliAli Sürmeli-Selected filmography:-External links:*...
(Zeki) - Tomris Oğuzalp (Suzan)
- Fırat Tanış (Musa)
- Fadik Sevin Atasoy (Hatice)
- Necmi Yapıcı (Ömer)
- Erol Demiröz (Laz İlhan)
- Cihat Tamer (Huzurevi Müdürü Tayyar)
- Nurşim Demir (Bakıcı)
- Tanju Tuncel (Perihan)
- Hüseyin Avni Danyal (Selim)
- Lale Tancı ( Sultan Hemşire)
- Gazanfer ÖzcanGazanfer ÖzcanSaim Gazanfer Özcan was a Turkish actor.- Biography :Born on January 27, 1931 in Istanbul, Özcan started his career as an actor with the play Hisse-i Şaiya at Vefa High School...
(Palyaço) - Emel SayınEmel SayinEmel Sayın is a Turkish singer of Turkish classical music. She styles herself the "queen and ambassador of Turkish classical music"....
(Herself) - Suna Selen (Mızgin)
- Bilge Zobu (Yaşar Hoca)
- İlkay Saran (Ayşe)
- Ecem Cansu Aktay (Buse)
- Gülhan Tekin
Reviews
Today's ZamanToday's Zaman
Today's Zaman is one of two English-language dailies based in Turkey. Established on January 16, 2007, the newspaper's main competitor is the older Hürriyet Daily News....
reviewer M. Nedim Hazar states that the film contains, the East-West contradiction and a comparison of values. It brings the dominating force of the West -- the mind -- and that of the East -- the heart - face to face, but doesn't take a folkloric approach to the East-West comparison as in Yılmaz Erdoğan's movies. Apart from this, it still falls into the marshland of exaggerated caricature-ization which seems to have "worked into the veins" of the celebrities who star in the film. Moviegoers might be fond of this, but it is still an important setback for a movie. He concludes it is a film, that will shock -- in a positive sense -- those whose expectations for the film are very low because of Kırmızıgül. It's also a movie that is very "presentable," whose language and message is very clear. In addition, it contains as much laughter and tears as any Yeşilçam movie does. It should be watched and applauded as a first film of a first-time director..
External links
The White Angel is a 2007 Turkish drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
Mahsun Kirmizigül
Mahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007
Turkish films of 2007
A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2007.- Highest-grossing films :- References :...
.
Plot
Ali and Reşat bring their father Ahmet who is suffering from brain cancer for chemotherapyChemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get married. Ahmet arrangers for a big wedding and invites them to his home village in Diyarbakır for their honeymoon together with all the other elders.
Main cast
- Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
( Ali) - Arif Erkin (Ahmet)
- Yıldız KenterYildiz KenterYıldız Kenter is a famous Turkish actress and lecturer of English and Turkish descent. - Filmography :* Vatan İçin * Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür * Anneler ve Kızları * Pembe Kadın...
(Melek) - Nejat Uygur (Gazi Cemal)
- Yavuz BingölYavuz BingölYavuz Bingöl is in the folk realm of Turkish music and is also an actor.He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964.He was in several miniseries on Turkish TV, including Bayanlar Baylar, Ah Be İstanbul and Yanık Koza. He also did the romance series Zerda and the sitcom Esref Saati...
(Hıdır) - Erol GünaydınErol GünaydinErol Günaydın is a veteran Turkish theater and film actor, as well as a renowned showman famous particularly for his portrayal of Nasreddin Hoca and his performances in the traditional Turkish meddah...
(Commander Vahit) - Sarp Apak (Reşat)
- Zeynep TokuşZeynep TokusZeynep Tokuş is a Turkish actress and former beauty pageant winner. Recently, she won the title of the TV show Turkish version of Dancing on Ice.-Biography:Tokuş was educated in graphic design at the Bilkent University in Ankara....
(Nazlı) - Toron Karacaoğlu (Yorgo)
- Salih Kalyon (Hacı)
- Cezmi Baskın (Sabri)
- Lale Belkıs (Nebahat]
- Ali SürmeliAli Sürmeli-Selected filmography:-External links:*...
(Zeki) - Tomris Oğuzalp (Suzan)
- Fırat Tanış (Musa)
- Fadik Sevin Atasoy (Hatice)
- Necmi Yapıcı (Ömer)
- Erol Demiröz (Laz İlhan)
- Cihat Tamer (Huzurevi Müdürü Tayyar)
- Nurşim Demir (Bakıcı)
- Tanju Tuncel (Perihan)
- Hüseyin Avni Danyal (Selim)
- Lale Tancı ( Sultan Hemşire)
- Gazanfer ÖzcanGazanfer ÖzcanSaim Gazanfer Özcan was a Turkish actor.- Biography :Born on January 27, 1931 in Istanbul, Özcan started his career as an actor with the play Hisse-i Şaiya at Vefa High School...
(Palyaço) - Emel SayınEmel SayinEmel Sayın is a Turkish singer of Turkish classical music. She styles herself the "queen and ambassador of Turkish classical music"....
(Herself) - Suna Selen (Mızgin)
- Bilge Zobu (Yaşar Hoca)
- İlkay Saran (Ayşe)
- Ecem Cansu Aktay (Buse)
- Gülhan Tekin
Reviews
Today's ZamanToday's Zaman
Today's Zaman is one of two English-language dailies based in Turkey. Established on January 16, 2007, the newspaper's main competitor is the older Hürriyet Daily News....
reviewer M. Nedim Hazar states that the film contains, the East-West contradiction and a comparison of values. It brings the dominating force of the West -- the mind -- and that of the East -- the heart - face to face, but doesn't take a folkloric approach to the East-West comparison as in Yılmaz Erdoğan's movies. Apart from this, it still falls into the marshland of exaggerated caricature-ization which seems to have "worked into the veins" of the celebrities who star in the film. Moviegoers might be fond of this, but it is still an important setback for a movie. He concludes it is a film, that will shock -- in a positive sense -- those whose expectations for the film are very low because of Kırmızıgül. It's also a movie that is very "presentable," whose language and message is very clear. In addition, it contains as much laughter and tears as any Yeşilçam movie does. It should be watched and applauded as a first film of a first-time director..
External links
The White Angel is a 2007 Turkish drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
Mahsun Kirmizigül
Mahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
, which follows the story of two Eastern youths who find themselves in a rest home after their father comes down with cancer. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won the Remi Award at the 41st WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was the second highest-grossing Turkish film of 2007
Turkish films of 2007
A list of films produced by the Turkish film industry in Turkey in 2007.- Highest-grossing films :- References :...
.
Plot
Ali and Reşat bring their father Ahmet who is suffering from brain cancer for chemotherapyChemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
treatment in Istanbul. Unable to bear the treatment and thinking himself to be a burden, Ahmet runs away from the hospital and manages to reach a home for elders. The residents believe him to be abandoned by his children and take him in. Ali and Reşat find him but decide to let him stay when they see that he is happy there. They learn the stories and backgrounds of each of the elders. Two of them, Yaşar and Nebahat have fallen in love and plan to get married. Ahmet arrangers for a big wedding and invites them to his home village in Diyarbakır for their honeymoon together with all the other elders.
Main cast
- Mahsun KırmızıgülMahsun KirmizigülMahsun Kırmızıgül is a Kurdish singer–songwriter, actor and a film producer from the minority Zaza ethnic group. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is also known as a businessman owning one of the leading music production companies, Prestij Müzik, in Turkey....
( Ali) - Arif Erkin (Ahmet)
- Yıldız KenterYildiz KenterYıldız Kenter is a famous Turkish actress and lecturer of English and Turkish descent. - Filmography :* Vatan İçin * Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür * Anneler ve Kızları * Pembe Kadın...
(Melek) - Nejat Uygur (Gazi Cemal)
- Yavuz BingölYavuz BingölYavuz Bingöl is in the folk realm of Turkish music and is also an actor.He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964.He was in several miniseries on Turkish TV, including Bayanlar Baylar, Ah Be İstanbul and Yanık Koza. He also did the romance series Zerda and the sitcom Esref Saati...
(Hıdır) - Erol GünaydınErol GünaydinErol Günaydın is a veteran Turkish theater and film actor, as well as a renowned showman famous particularly for his portrayal of Nasreddin Hoca and his performances in the traditional Turkish meddah...
(Commander Vahit) - Sarp Apak (Reşat)
- Zeynep TokuşZeynep TokusZeynep Tokuş is a Turkish actress and former beauty pageant winner. Recently, she won the title of the TV show Turkish version of Dancing on Ice.-Biography:Tokuş was educated in graphic design at the Bilkent University in Ankara....
(Nazlı) - Toron Karacaoğlu (Yorgo)
- Salih Kalyon (Hacı)
- Cezmi Baskın (Sabri)
- Lale Belkıs (Nebahat]
- Ali SürmeliAli Sürmeli-Selected filmography:-External links:*...
(Zeki) - Tomris Oğuzalp (Suzan)
- Fırat Tanış (Musa)
- Fadik Sevin Atasoy (Hatice)
- Necmi Yapıcı (Ömer)
- Erol Demiröz (Laz İlhan)
- Cihat Tamer (Huzurevi Müdürü Tayyar)
- Nurşim Demir (Bakıcı)
- Tanju Tuncel (Perihan)
- Hüseyin Avni Danyal (Selim)
- Lale Tancı ( Sultan Hemşire)
- Gazanfer ÖzcanGazanfer ÖzcanSaim Gazanfer Özcan was a Turkish actor.- Biography :Born on January 27, 1931 in Istanbul, Özcan started his career as an actor with the play Hisse-i Şaiya at Vefa High School...
(Palyaço) - Emel SayınEmel SayinEmel Sayın is a Turkish singer of Turkish classical music. She styles herself the "queen and ambassador of Turkish classical music"....
(Herself) - Suna Selen (Mızgin)
- Bilge Zobu (Yaşar Hoca)
- İlkay Saran (Ayşe)
- Ecem Cansu Aktay (Buse)
- Gülhan Tekin
Reviews
Today's ZamanToday's Zaman
Today's Zaman is one of two English-language dailies based in Turkey. Established on January 16, 2007, the newspaper's main competitor is the older Hürriyet Daily News....
reviewer M. Nedim Hazar states that the film contains, the East-West contradiction and a comparison of values. It brings the dominating force of the West -- the mind -- and that of the East -- the heart - face to face, but doesn't take a folkloric approach to the East-West comparison as in Yılmaz Erdoğan's movies. Apart from this, it still falls into the marshland of exaggerated caricature-ization which seems to have "worked into the veins" of the celebrities who star in the film. Moviegoers might be fond of this, but it is still an important setback for a movie. He concludes it is a film, that will shock -- in a positive sense -- those whose expectations for the film are very low because of Kırmızıgül. It's also a movie that is very "presentable," whose language and message is very clear. In addition, it contains as much laughter and tears as any Yeşilçam movie does. It should be watched and applauded as a first film of a first-time director..