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Vizier's Finger (Vezir Parmağı)

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Movie · 2017 · 29 people

Mahsun Kırmızıgül wrote and directed the 2017 Turkish comedy Vezir Parmağı ("The Vizier's Finger"). The 111-minute film, with touches of drama and history, opened in cinemas on 25 January 2017 through the distributor Pinema. It was produced by Boyut Film together with Mahsun Kırmızıgül and Murat Tokat, and it drew roughly 663,000 admissions and about 7.8 million lira at the box office.

The story is set in the Ottoman era. The empire, spread across three continents and ruling people of many regions and cultures, enters yet another of its long wars, and armed men are conscripted from every corner of the land. Porters who set out from five different regions expect to become soldiers of that army, but find themselves swept into an adventure they never saw coming. The director himself takes the lead as Hamdullah, joined by a large ensemble including Selim Bayraktar (Ekmelettin), Ece Uslu (Feride), Gülben Ergen (Gülbahar), Ali Sürmeli (Müstesna), Levent Sülün (Hızır) and Peker Açıkalın (Nazik). Talat Bulut, Altan Erkekli and Cezmi Baskın also appear.

Soykut Turan was the director of photography, and the music was prepared by Yıldıray Gürgen, Tevfik Akbaşlı and Mahsun Kırmızıgül jointly. Kırmızıgül began directing with Beyaz Melek in 2007; one published review of Vezir Parmağı rated it insufficient.

DirectorMahsun Kırmızıgül
Production companyBoyut Film
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Ali Sürmeli Ali Sürmeli Actor · 67 years old Müstesna Altan Erkekli Altan Erkekli Actor · 70 years old Cezmi Baskın Cezmi Baskın Actor · 77 years old Ece Uslu Ece Uslu Actor · 52 years old Gülben Ergen Gülben Ergen Singer · 54 years old Gülbahar Mahsun Kırmızıgül Mahsun Kırmızıgül Singer · 58 years old Hamdullah Selim Bayraktar Selim Bayraktar Actor · 51 years old Ekmelettin Talat Bulut Talat Bulut Actor · 70 years old Bülent Çolak Bülent Çolak Actor · 49 years old Ecem Karavus Ecem Karavus Actor · 37 years old Esin Gündoğdu Esin Gündoğdu Actor · born 1977 Levent Sülün Levent Sülün Actor · 50 years old Hızır Peker Açıkalın Peker Açıkalın Film actor · 63 years old Nazik Bahtiyar Engin Bahtiyar Engin Actor · 61 years old Abdülcabbar Meral Çetinkaya Meral Çetinkaya Actor · 81 years old Safiye Hatun Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu Actor · died at 90 Village Grandfather Şener Kökkaya Actor · died at 82 Suna Selen Actor · 87 years old Ayşe Hatun Yasemin Yalçın Yasemin Yalçın Actor · 67 years old Nurdane Derya Şensoy Derya Şensoy Actor · 36 years old Şadiye Muhammed Cangören Muhammed Cangören Actor · 75 years old Koca Güner Özkul Güner Özkul Actor · 60 years old Nagehan Hatun Necmi Yapıcı Necmi Yapıcı Actor · 54 years old Kamil Hayrettin Karaoğuz Hayrettin Karaoğuz Actor · 42 years old Cumali Erol Demiröz Erol Demiröz Actor · died at 80 Metin Keçeci Metin Keçeci Actor · 50 years old Köyün Delisi / The insane of the village Rana Cabbar Rana Cabbar Actor · 1945 – 2023 Kadi Efendi / Judge Coşkun Göğen Coşkun Göğen Actor · 80 years old Özlem Çınar Özlem Çınar Actor · 52 years old

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Vezir Parmağı takes the Ottoman Empire, spread over three continents and counting people of many lands and cultures as its subjects, and treats it through comedy. The men called to the army for war and the porters setting out from five different regions recall the empire's multicultural face. The film tells it as a humorous tale rather than a historical document, so looking for period detail would mislead. Its effort to put ordinary people's viewpoint forward is valuable. But when history and comedy are this intertwined, little room is left for serious questions.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Vezir Parmağı is a film that published reviews found lacking, and that is hard to ignore. Mahsun Kırmızıgül is director, writer and lead, and he tries to carry comedy, drama and history in one piece. Fitting so many genres into a single 111 minutes causes tonal problems: it becomes unclear where we should laugh and where we should be moved. The large cast, especially Altan Erkekli, Cezmi Baskın and Talat Bulut, adds weight, but the script does not carry them enough. The ambition is admirable; the result is scattered.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Seeing familiar faces like Altan Erkekli, Cezmi Baskın and Talat Bulut together recalled the richness of casts in older cinema. The porters' journey and the army's summons carry an intention to put the warm, humorous face of ordinary people forward, and I liked that intention. But as critics noted, the film does not leave the impression it wants: the jokes sometimes feel forced and the historical atmosphere is superficial. The naturalness of Yeşilçam's folk comedies is not captured here. Still, its effort and intention deserve respect.

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