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Şalvar Bank

1986

A gentle, old-fashioned culture-clash comedy about village hopes meeting city manners, easy to watch and mildly funny.

Overview
Reşit moves from his village to Istanbul with his wife in order to become rich. He goes to the home of his distant relative Selahattin. However, Selahattin's wife does not allow him to stay in their home. Unable to get the help he hoped for from his friend, Reşit will become rich when he least expects it.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • ambition
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Hulki Saner
Written by
Hulki Saner
Starring
Sadri Alışık, Göksel Kortay, Ergun Köknar, Nami Esatgil, Aysel Kiper, Selma Poyraz, Hulki Saner, Yüksel Gözen
Cinematography
Mengü Yeğin
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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