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Mavi Boncuk (1974)

Mavi Boncuk poster
Directed by
Ertem Eğilmez
Genre
comedy film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nightclub singer gets kidnapped by a gang of slackers after they are thrown out of the club where she performs. The film follows the resulting comedic situations as the kidnappers and their target interact.

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What happens

The Blue Bead (Turkish: Mavi Boncuk) is a 1974 Turkish comedy film, produced, co-written and directed by Ertem Eğilmez, featuring Turkish classical music singer Emel Sayın as a nightclub singer who is kidnapped by a gang of slackers after they are beaten and thrown out of the club where she works. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 1, 1975, is considered a comedy classic in its homeland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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