The Magician (2006)

Original title

Hokkabaz

Directed by

Cem Yılmaz

Genre

comedy film, road movie, comedy drama

Country

Turkey

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

12

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 177 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magician travels across Turkey with his father and his best friend. He hopes to earn enough money from his shows to pay for laser eye surgery.

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What happens

The Magician (Turkish: Hokkabaz) is a 2006 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Cem Yılmaz and Ali Taner Baltacı, about a magician who tours around Turkey with his father and best friend so that he can make enough money for laser eye surgery. The film, which was released on October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20), was short-listed for Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards but lost out to Takva. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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