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Director: Erdal Murat Aktas
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From Time Out Film Guide
This enjoyable and enthusiastic romp of a comedy thriller is sure to delight Turks everywhere, but is not without wider appeal. All the elements are in place: the far-fetched plot involving secret agents, missing mummified Pharaohs and aphrodisiac-hunting gangsters; flamboyant locales in Turkey and Egypt; OTT characters and sand buggies aplenty. All good fun, while coded into the colourful background are significant pointers to Turkey's continuing debate about modernity and the maintenance of tradition.Author: GE
Cast & crew
Director: Erdal Murat Aktas
Cast: Teoman, Nurgül Yesilcay, Selami Sahin, Nurseli Idiz, Tarik Pabuccuoglu, Magued El-Masry, Sebnem Dönmez, Fathy Abdel Wahab full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 110 mins
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