Toss-Up

Original title: Yazi Tura

2004
1h 42m

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Olgun Simsek and Kenan Imirzalioglu in Toss-Up (2004)

Yazi Tura is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the ... Read allYazi Tura is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the "Cevher the Ghost", a young man who is living with his father in Istanbul. Both went to th... Read allYazi Tura is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the "Cevher the Ghost", a young man who is living with his father in Istanbul. Both went to the army together, and fought in the Eastern Anatolia.

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7.6/10

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Awards
- 27 wins & 13 nominations total

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10styavuz

the most shocking Turkish movie ever..

Ugur Yucel,the giant movie star of Turkish cinema, is very successful in his directorial debut.In his movie,he has very impressively described the different and dramatical stories of two men who had been wounded in the war lasting for nearly 20 years at Southeast region of Turkey.This movie must be accepted as the first movie based on this terrible conflict.This war has affected every individual living in Turkey and everybody have something to say on this war.So in my opinion, Yucel has filled the biggest gap in Turkish cinema with this brilliant movie.Olgun Simsek is acting wonderfully and showing his linguistic ability especially when he is talking in Middle Anatolian accent. I wish many more people to watch this movie and the movie gets all the credits that it deserves..

9gurcell3

mile stone movie for Turkey

Wonderful.I had never thought this movie could be so sarcastic before I watched it but when it ended I was in a shock like I was well beaten.The movie is about two soldiers got wounded in army one lost his leg and the other became deaf after a mine explosion.After coming back to their cities life would never be the same again for them.They will not be able to adopt their new lives.They will have to live their own tragedies and other people will not understand them.The movie is extraordinary has a very different plot and dramatic story from the beginning to end credits.The reason why I liked it so much is that it is a mile stone for Turkish cinema much more different than other Turkish movies.The movie has a style like requiem for a dream but more sarcastic than that.

9aaydede

A good example of Turkish cinema

Winner of many regional awards, it is one of the best and very modern movied of the Turkish cinema. After long years of being trapped in the popular and easy way of film-making, finally movies with artistic values are being released. Shot with a digital camera, the movie has very interesting visual effects.(a bit exaggurated and a bit experimental perhaps) the story is based on the lives of two friends which are totally different from each other. the movie contains a lot of cultural aspects which makes it impossible to be considered as an international movie. however, as i said before, the movie itself is a very solid proof that the standards of the Turkish cinema is rising.

jemov

Personally, the best Turkish move I have ever seen

This movie is far away from what we were used to in Turkish cinema. In fact, this picture has no hope whatsoever inside, and that kind of depresses you, besides a huge slap of reality. I think the movie is not made for criticizing anyone or anything, it is made to show how real, ordinary people are situated in our daily life. Contains black humor sometimes, it is dark and so real that it creeps you out. The acting is not even close to bad, actors have really got into their roles. And the directing is, a little new but better than I have expected. This movie is in the 1st rank in my favorite Turkish movies, and i think most of the people who watched it would agree with me

icetee77

Great cinematography

You should watch the beautiful cinematography in historical Cappadocia! Roy Kurtluyan has done a great job as director of photography on this part of the film!

Keep up the good work Roy, we're proud of an Armenian cinematographer's great work in this controversial film!

Yazi Tura has received 11 awards on Golden Orange (Altin Portakal) Film Festival in October 2004. Awards include: Best Film, Best Actor (Olgun Simsek), Best Director (Ugur Yucel), and many more.

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Trivia
Ugur Yücel, the director wanted to cast Ozan Güven for a major part; but the actor was then working in Cem Yilmaz's G.O.R.A. (2004). The actor, however, appears for a few seconds as a soldier on the field alongside Olgun Simsek, the lead.

Quotes
Hayalet Cevher: I'm Cevher, from Istanbul. They call me Cevher the Ghost. Spent my life with machines-knitwear, lathe work. Now I'm here, armed up. After the army, I'm opening a flower shop. Life's gonna smell sweet.
Seytan Ridvan: I'm Ridvan the Devil from Göreme. Football's my game, like Ridvan the Devil from Fenerbahce. They compare us. After the army, Denizlispor's calling. Maybe Fenerbahce next? Destiny, man. Got our own dreams, right?