Şans Kapıyı Kırınca
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When Luck Breaks the Door is a 2005
Turkish
comedy film, written and directed by Tayfun Güneyer, featuring Ferhan Şensoy
as a man who takes his family on a holiday to a Caribbean island at the centre of a CIA assanation 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 Cuba
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" island country near Cuba
. They are welcomed there by the country's dictator President Carlos, in order to stop an assassination plot by the CIA.
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
Turkish
Cinema of Turkey
Turkish cinema is an important part of Turkish culture, and has flourished over the years, delivering entertainment to audiences in Turkey, expatriates across Europe, and in rare cases, the USA....
comedy film, written and directed by Tayfun Güneyer, featuring Ferhan Şensoy
Ferhan Sensoy
Ferhan Şensoy is a prominent Turkish playwright, actor and stage director.-Personal background:Ferhan Şensoy was born in Çarşamba, Samsun Province, where he attended Gazi Osman Paşa Preliminary School. His mother, Müjgan Şensoy, was a primary school teacher and his father, Yusuf Cemil Şensoy, was...
as a man who takes his family on a holiday to a Caribbean island at the centre of a CIA assanation 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 Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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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 "banana republicBanana republic
In political science, the pejorative term Banana Republic denotes a politically unstable country dependent upon limited primary productions , which is ruled by a plutocracy, a small, self-elected, wealthy group who exploit the country by means of a politico-economic oligarchy...
" island country near Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. They are welcomed there by the country's dictator President Carlos, in order to stop an assassination plot by the CIA.
Cast
- Ferhan ŞensoyFerhan SensoyFerhan Şensoy is a prominent Turkish playwright, actor and stage director.-Personal background:Ferhan Şensoy was born in Çarşamba, Samsun Province, where he attended Gazi Osman Paşa Preliminary School. His mother, Müjgan Şensoy, was a primary school teacher and his father, Yusuf Cemil Şensoy, was...
as Kuddusi / Presidente Carlos (Carlos Romário Mustafa Ibrahim Salvador del Puento González Salgado) - Asuman DabakAsuman Dabak-Selected filmography:-External links:...
as Nermin (Kuddusi's wife) - Zeki AlasyaZeki AlasyaZeki Alasyam is a Turkish actor and director. Alasya is of Turkish Cypriot descent and is the cousin of Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha....
as Father Alfonso - İlkay Saran as Lezize (Kuddusi's mother-in-law, Nermin's mother)
- Rasim Öztekin as José Ricardo
- Necmi Yapıcı as Ercan (Kuddusi's brother-in-law, Nermin's brother)
- Fethi Kantarcı as Yaman (Kuddusi's son)
- Alev Gezer as Alev (Kuddusi's daughter)
- Ayça Tekindor as Princess Maria
- Sinan ÇetinSinan ÇetinSinan 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...
as Hotel Bonita Cocierge - Doğa Rutkay as Air Hostess
- Tamer KaradağlıTamer Karadağlı-Biography:Tamer Karadağlı's family moved to America a short time after he was born. They returned to Turkey just as he began primary school there. He studied at Çankaya High School.and TED Ankara College after which graduated in theatre from Bilkent University Conservatory. In 1993 he made his...
as the Pilot - Memet Ali AlaboraMemet Ali AlaboraMemet Ali Alabora is a Turkish film and theatre actor. He is the son of actors Mustafa Alabora and Betül Arım.-Biography:...
as Flight Passenger 1 - İpek Tuzcuoğlu as Flight Passenger 2
- Hakan Yılmaz as Presenter (of the TV gameshow)