Vizontele (2001)

The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called ... See full summary »

Directors:

Yilmaz Erdogan, Ömer Faruk Sorak

Writer:

Yilmaz Erdogan

Stars:

Yilmaz Erdogan, Demet Akbag, Altan Erkekli

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yilmaz Erdogan	...	Deli Emin
Demet Akbag	...	Siti Ana (Siti Mother)
Altan Erkekli	...	Nazmi
Cem Yilmaz	...	Fikri
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yasar Akin	...	Ihsan
Caner Alkaya	...	Yso
Yasemin Alkaya	...	Gulsen
Betül Arim	...	Ismihal
Aydin Aydin	...	Zakir
Iclal Aydin	...	Reyhan
Senol Bali	...	Yilmaz
Cezmi Baskin	...	Latif
Zeki Bayar	...	Berfinci
Sinan Baydir	...	Bahadir
Sinan Bengier	...	Cevat

Storyline

The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins. Some people are excited and some are afraid of this new device which can show us live pictures from different places. Is it devils easy prey to catch us or is it just a feature of the modern time? Without losing time, the mayor (Altan Erkekli) of the town Hakkari tries to find some people who can help him to set up the signal receiver on the highest position of the mountain. His Team consists of one crazy electrician called Emin (Yilmaz Erdogan) and some mayor office staff members and none of them has any knowledge of TVs. These predecessors of time tried their luck :) . The Story of Viziontele consists of many Jokes which are mixed up with some traditional superstitions to show how funny the conflict between these two points can be. But also ...

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Plot Keywords:

small town | mayor | mountain | television | cyprus war | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Besiktas Kultur Merkezi

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Vison Tele

Filming Locations:

Gevas, Van, Turkey

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Besiktas Kültür Merkezi (BKM), Bocek Yapim

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Veli: Father! There is no battery!
Latif: Is it out of charge, twerp? Of course it would happen so if you left the lights turned on.
Veli: There is no battery, completely. It is stolen!
Latif: Whaaat!
Veli: Yes, they have opened the hood and stole the battery, Ok! You opened the hood but why to steal battery? If they did not have stolen it...

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Connections

References Vurguncular (1971)

User Reviews

A theater play would be better

Though much better than must of Turkish films that make a huge box-office, Vizontele seems to forget that this is a "movie", not a play (due to its cast and crew of theater origin). The whole film is made up of little sketches (usually aiming to make the audience laugh, for no cost)and there are too many characters, some of which have are of no use but making people laugh, which are sometimes distracting from the overall story.

But it masterfully accomplishes what it really is tying to achieve: drawing many audiences (even the ones who never go to the movies) to the movie, amusing them and showing the Turkish cinema is not hopeless. It's true: EVERYONE loved this movie and despite its flaws, it's still a good example of Turkish movies.