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Reis (film)

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Reis
Film Poster
Directed by
  • Hüdaverdi Yavuz
Produced by
  • Kafkasör Film Akademisi
Starring
  • Reha Beyoglu
  • Özlem Balci
  • Volkan Basaran
Release date
  • March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03)
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Budget$8.000.000[1]
Box office$538,551

Reis (Turkish: The Chief) is a 2017 Turkish biographical film about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the incumbent President of Turkey. It was released shortly before the constitutional referendum which aimed for a transition to an executive presidency.[2]

Synopsis

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Reis describes Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's childhood and his 1994 to 1998 Istanbul mayoral tenure. The movie ends when he entered prison in 1998 as a consequence of reading a religiously intolerant poem in Siirt ("minarets are bayonets, domes are helmets, mosques are our barracks, believers are soldiers").[3]

Cast

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  • Reha Beyoğlu as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Özlem Balcı as Emine Erdoğan
  • Orhan Aydin as Komiser Serhat
  • Ayhan Eroğlu as Hasan Yesildag
  • Abidin Yerebakan as Mustafa
  • İsmail Hakkı Ürün as Ismail
  • Volkan Basaran as Sultan Baskan

Controversy and reception

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Hüdaverdi Yavuz, the director of the movie, refused to attend the movie's premiere, citing various troubles during the shooting, unpaid staff, and his forcefully reduced involvement in the post-production process as reasons.[4] IMDb attributed the film a rating of 1.8 based on over 71,000 ratings. Reis attracted shy of 67,580 viewers in the first three days (March 3–5).[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Geen posters, maar wel een (zeer matig) heldenepos over Erdogan in Nederlandse bioscopen
  2. ^ "Film on Erdoğan's life premieres on his birthday". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  3. ^ "The Chief: feature film to trace early life of Turkish president". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2016-01-15. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  4. ^ "Reis filminin yönetmeninden şoke eden karar: Galaya katılmayacak". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ^ "New Erdoğan biopic 'Reis' flops at the box office – T-VINE".
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