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The Governor (2009)

The Governor poster
Original title
Vali
Directed by
Çağatay Tosun
Genre
action film
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An idealist governor in a Turkish city works to protect newly discovered uranium reserves from threats. The film follows his efforts to keep the valuable resource safe and maintain order.

high-energypatrioticsuspensefulfast-paceddramaticserioustenseaction-packed

What happens

The Governor (Turkish: Vali) is a 2009 Turkish action film, directed by M. Çağatay Tosun, about the idealist governor of the Aegean city of Denizli, where a team of engineers from the Turkish Mining Exploration Institute (MTA) have recently discovered reserves of uranium. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 9, 2009 (2009-01-09), was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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