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THE
MAGICIAN (Hokkabaz)
North America
Premiere |
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- Friday,
March 30 5:45pm
- Remis
Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston
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"...
pleasantly loopy, often touching road movie, ...
the magic between the two nerdy pals and the
loose-cannon patriarch provide the charm."
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Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix
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Currently
in competition at the 26th Istanbul Film
Festival
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Directed
by Cem Yilmaz and Ali Taner Baltaci
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| Written by Cem Yilmaz |
| Cast: Cem Yilmaz,
Mazhar Alanson, Ozlem Tekin, Tuna Orhan |
2006, 122 min. 35mm.
In Turkish with English subtitles |
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In his latest film, the enormously popular Turkish
comedian Cem Yilmaz plays the struggling magician
Iskender. The only person who believes in him is his
childhood friend Maradona (Tuna Orhan) and together they
dream of a better life. They embark on a tour of
Anatolia to escape the hustle and bustle of Istanbul's
streets, and to make as much money as possible. Things
go wrong almost immediately when they are forced to take
along Iskender's father, the mad Sait (Mazhar Alanson),
who wrote off his son years ago. On the road, they
entertain at a wedding party only to have the
disappearing trick go terribly wrong, leading them to
leave town in a hurry with an unexpected new companion.
A roller-coaster of a road movie, "The
Magician" is heavy on both laughs and tears. |
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FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
26th Istanbul Film Festival
(in competition) |
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