O simdi asker (2003)

Turkey's northwest has suffered a devastating earthquake on August 17th, 1999. The government is in need of lots of money to compensate the cost of recovering from this catastrophe. So they... See full summary »

Director:

Mustafa Altioklar

Writer:

Levent Kazak

Stars:

Pelin Batu, Yavuz Bingol, Özcan Deniz

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Pelin Batu	...	Müzeyyen
Yavuz Bingol	...	Karlidag
Özcan Deniz
Erdem Ergüney
Mehmet Günsür	...	Nihat
Yunus Günçe
Hakan Ka	...	Laptop Recep
Fethi Kantarci	...	Seyfi Paul
Levent Kazak	...	Levent
Sarp Levendoglu
Ali Poyrazoglu	...	Hüseyin
Ercan Saatçi	...	Murat
Seray Sever
Özlem Tekin
Gokhan Özoguz

Storyline

Turkey's northwest has suffered a devastating earthquake on August 17th, 1999. The government is in need of lots of money to compensate the cost of recovering from this catastrophe. So they decide to pass a new, temporary law, which suggests that every man of Turkish citizenship over a certain age can now pay some certain amount of money to the government of Turkey, and in return for that, complete his military service in 28 days instead of the regular 18 months. Many people want to take advantage of that, including famous singers and businessmen, and they're all sent to the same army base to carry out their 28-day-long military service. One of them is a young man who has lost his home and his entire family in the earthquake, thus being allowed to join the 28-day crew without paying anything. Obviously, he's much different from anyone else around him, by all means. But he's not the only different one. There are many interesting and almost strange people there, one of whom cannot even ...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish English

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

He's in the Army Now

Filming Locations:

Çanakkale, Turkey

Company Credits

Production Co:

ANS Yapim Yayin Reklamcilik AS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by In the Jail Now (2005)

User Reviews

Big step for Turkish cinema

M. Altioklar has created a film which consists either messages and quality screen plays. As we know Turkish cinema doesn't improve that new era directors such as M.Altioklar. He tried to create some different things. But two big mistake has taken my attention when I watched the film. The first was that new style was directly American style. It sounds really ridiculous when you use American style in a Turkish army subjected film. The other mistake was the mounting cuts of the film. They were so clearly noticed during the film. I am also admired by the beauty of Pelin Batu. She was looking so innocent. M. Altioklar is a very lucky person for me.