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El Yazs
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Wikipedia article
'El Yazs' (international title: 'One Day or Another') is a Turkish drama, comedy film written and directed by Ali Vatansever (Ali Vatansever). Produced by Terminal Film, it follows three stories of hope on a single day in an oppressed small Anatolian town, when they are welcoming their very first foreign English teacher.
Bringing together a powerful Turkish cast of Cansu Dere (Cansu Dere), Sarp Akkaya (Sarp Akkaya), Sercan Badur (Sercan Badur), Salih Kalyon (Salih Kalyon), Baran Akbulut (Baran Akbulut), Bahtiyar Engin (Bahtiyar Engin), Aye Selen (Aye Selen), Kenan Bal (Kenan Bal) and a foreign actress Wilma Elles (Wilma Elles), the film will be released on March 23, 2012 in Turkey.
'El Yazs' is also one of the first partially crowdfunded film in Turkey.[http://www.indiegogo.com/El-Yazisi El Yazs @ Indiegogo], El Yazs Crowdsourcing Page.
Awards
Prior the production, 'El Yazs' won a script development and co-production support award at 45th Golden Orange International Film Festival, Antalya.[http://www.altinportakal.org.tr/en/odul_listesi/45-uluslararasi-antalya-altin-portakal-film-festivali-10-19-ekim-45.html El Yazs @ Golden Orange Film Festival] , 45th Golden Orange Film Festival Awards List.
Plot
Set in a humble Anatolian town, 'El Yazs' follows three stories on a day when the town is welcoming its very first foreign English teacher. As an accidental tourist is mistaken for her, the wind of change starts to blow.
The first story is young Ahmet's. He loves a girl from the village; both the townspeople and the villagers are against this relationship. Today, as he is planning to elope with her, he is assigned to guide the foreign teacher around the town.
Second story is about Zeynep, the town's pharmacist from the big city. She is about to marry the town's respected teacher Celal. Today, Volkan, a drug representative and an old friend, arrives for stock-taking. Wedding news is a surprise for him.
And finally Ragp, an eight-year-old boy who is on a quest for his missing love letter to Zeynep. As the letter gets stolen during the welcoming ceremony, he traces the leads with Sevgi, a little girl from the village with a crush on Ahmet.
'El Yazs' is a tale about the ones who try to break the enduring morality of the small-town life.
References
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