Cinema
Muhsin Bey
Yavuz Turgul · 1987
Synopsis
Muhsin, a lonely and fallen-from-grace record producer, remains attached to Turkish classical music in the Beyoğlu district, according to Karlovy Vary. A gifted young man from the provinces, Ali Nazik, wants to become a singer and asks him to launch him. Muhsin refuses: he no longer wants to risk money. The boy insists, follows him everywhere and waits outside his door, until the old man, won over by his talent and his obstinacy, agrees to take him on.
Context
The director also wrote the screenplay; the film was produced by Abdurrahman Keskiner for Umut Film and Sinefekt, photographed by Aytekin Çakmakçı, with music by Atilla Özdemiroğlu. Şener Şen plays Muhsin and Uğur Yücel plays Ali Nazik. It is seen as setting the classical tradition against arabesque, a popular and lucrative genre; it figures among the ten best Turkish films of the Ankara Cinema Association.
Who it is for
A film in Turkish, two hours twenty-five minutes long, with no known French release and no recent screening reported in France.
Prizes and reception
Best film, actor, supporting actor and screenplay at the 24th Antalya festival, and special jury prize at Istanbul in 1988.
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