The Bandit (1996)
- Original title
- Eşkıya
- Directed by
- Yavuz Turgul
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, romance film
- Country
- Turkey
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 362 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An old bandit is released from prison after 35 years and travels to Istanbul. He searches for the woman he loved and the friend who betrayed him.
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What happens
The Bandit (Turkish: Eşkıya) is a 1996 Turkish film written and directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring Şener Şen and Uğur Yücel. According to the director the film, which is about a bandit who comes to Istanbul after serving a 35-year jail sentence, "blends fairy tale elements while carrying the notion of reality within a fictional story." The film is highly popular in Turkey, where it drew in 2½ million viewers and in Germany where it won a Bogey Award. The film is exclusively regarded as the savior and the turning point of Turkish cinema which was desperately struggling against foreign films since the 1980s and having difficulty attracting domestic audiences. It was Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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