The International is a 2006 Turkish comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

-drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, directed by Muharrem Gülmez and Sırrı Süreyya Önder, about a group of local musicians preparing to play at a large military parade in a small town near Adana, Turkey. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on , won awards at film festivals in Adana, Ankara, Istanbul and Thessalonika.

Plot

In 1982, a small town near Adana prepares to host a large military parade. A group of local musicians are to perform at the event. Gülendam, the daughter of Abuzer, one of the musicians is getting ready for university. Her boyfriend Haydar who is a left wing activist and his friends hatch plot to replace the track to be played with The Internationale

The Internationale

The Internationale is a famous socialist, communist, social-democratic and anarchist anthem.The Internationale became the anthem of international socialism, and gained particular fame under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1944, when it was that communist state's de facto central anthem...

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Cast

• Cezmi Baskın as Abuzer Yayladalı
• Özgü Namal
  Özgü Namal
  Özgü Namal is a Turkish actress. She become the most famous by debuting as Güllü in Turkish TV series "Hanımın Çiftliği", very popular TV series in Turkey, as well as in the worldwide.-Biography:...
  
   as Gülendam
• Umut Kurt as Haydar Arıkan
• Bahri Beyat as Mahmut Yayladalı
• Meral Okay as Ayderya Derya
• Nazmi Kirik as Tekin Yayladalı
• Oktay Kaynarca
  Oktay Kaynarca
  Oktay Kaynarca Oktay Kaynarca Oktay Kaynarca (27 January 1965, Malatya Turkish actor, being a TV and movie star in his country. He is better known for his role in the cult TV series Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves).He currently plays in a film called "Adanali". He is one of the main characters...
  
   as Binbaşı
• Dilber Ay as Arzum Çilem

Awards

The film won the following awards:

• 14th Altın Koza International Film Festival: Best Film, Best Film (audience award), Best Screenplay (Sırrı Süreyya Önder), Best Actor (Cezmi Baskın), Best Supporting Actress (Meral Okay & Dilber Ay), Best Cinematography (Gökhan Atılmış)
• 18th Ankara Film Festival: Best Film, Onat Kutlar Best Screenplay Award (Sırrı Süreyya Önder)
• Barcelona International Political Films Festival: Audience Award, Jury Special Award
• 26th Istanbul Film Festival: Best Actress (Özgü Namal)
• Pune International Film Festival: Best Actor (Cezmi Baskın)