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The Blue Bead

1975 · 79 min

A breezy, good-natured caper that coasts on the charm of its bumbling ensemble and its musical numbers.

Directed by: Ertem Eğilmez
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Emel Sayın, Tarık Akan, Kemal Sunal

Overview: After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.

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Directed by: Ertem Eğilmez
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Emel Sayın, Tarık Akan, Kemal Sunal

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Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
class
music
friendship
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, crime, drama, romance
Directed by: Ertem Eğilmez
Written by: Ertem Eğilmez, Sadık Şendil, Zeki Alasya
Starring: Emel Sayın, Tarık Akan, Kemal Sunal, Zeki Alasya, Metin Akpınar, Münir Özkul, Halit Akçatepe, Adile Naşit
Runtime: 79 min
Country: Turkey
Languages: Turkish

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