Arabesk (1989)
- Directed by
- Ertem Eğilmez
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Turkey
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 74 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man navigates life in a small Turkish town where local intellectuals are ridiculed for their pretensions. The film uses humor to criticize social hypocrisy and the divide between common people and elites.
darkly comicsatiricalabsurdtenseprovocativesharpbiting
What happens
Arabesk is a 1989 Turkish dark comedy film directed by Ertem Eğilmez. The film was Eğilmez's last before his death and caused controversy in Turkey for its attacks on Turkish pseudo-intellectuals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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