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Eskiya (The Bandit in English) is a 1996 Turkish film, directed by Yavuz Turgul, starring Sener Sen and Ugur Yucel.
Eskiya
Plot
After serving a 35-year jail sentence, Baran (Sener Sen), an eşkıya (a
bandit, a hajduk in Turkish), is released from prison in a town in
Eastern Turkey. When returning to the home village he witness the fact
that the world has changed dramatically during those years, with the
village itself underwater after the construction of a dam. Then he also
finds out that the person who masterminded the betrayal that brought
him to jail was Berfo (Kamuran Usluer), a friend who had once been
closer to him than a brother. In order to snare Keje (Sermin Şen),
Baran's sweetheart, Berfo seized his best friend gold and had Baran
arrested by the gendarmes on Mountain Cudi. Then Berfo purchased Keje
from her father against her will, and disappeared. According to rumor,
he is in Istanbul.
While traveling to Istanbul by train, Baran meets Cumali (Uğur Yücel),
a young man. Cumali was raised in the alleys of Beyoğlu, his life
revolving around bars, gambling joints, alcohol, dope and women. Cumali
dreams of joining the mafia and making it big. He takes Baran to a
dilapidated hotel in the backstreet's of Beyoğlu. After a while, Cumali
and his friends discover that Baran used to be a bandit, but they can't
take it seriously. Cumali's dreams of a new life include Emel (Yeşim
Salkım), his girlfriend. Emel has a convict brother, Sedat (Özkan
Uğur), who is in trouble with the other prisoners in his jail. His life
is in danger, and he needs a high amount of money to get out. Cumali
promises Emel to get the money for her brother as soon as possible.
Thus, when he deals with a transport of drugs for the mafia, he steals
a quantity, enough to secure the escaping of Sedat and also later to
get him in trouble with Demircan (Melih Çardak), the mafia boss.
Meanwhile, the bandit is going through Istanbul in a daze, lost in
totally alien world, with no idea where to start looking for the woman
he loves and the mortal enemy who has stolen her. After some days he
happens to see Berfo on TV, now as a powerful businessman with the name
changed.
Cast
- Sener Sen - Baran
- Ugur Yucel - Cumali
- Sermin Şen - Keje
- Yesim Salkim - Emel
- Kamuran Usluer - Berfo
- Ulku Duru - Emel's mother
- Özkan Uğur - Sedat
- Necdet Mahfi Ayral - Andref Miskin
- Kayhan Yıldızoğlu - Artist Kemal
- Güven Hokna - Sevim
- Kemal Inci - Mustafa
- Melih Çardak - Demircan
- Settar Tanriögen - Laz Naci
- Celal Perk - Deli Selim
- Umit Cirak - Cimbom
Awards
1997 Bogey Awards
1998 Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival
- Won - Golden Dolphin - Yavuz Turgul
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