Mr. E (Bay E)

Mr. E (Bay E) (translated)

Movie · 1995 · 13 people

Bay E ("Mr. E") is a Turkish film released on March 10, 1995, and told in an experimental style. Sinan Çetin wrote and directed it, shared the cinematography with Tevfik Şenol and produced it with Cemil Çetin. Made by Plato Film on 35 mm color stock and running 101 minutes, it leans on themes of television and the road.

The story centers on İsmet Berkan (Mehmet Ali Erbil), a well-known media figure, and his wife Leyla (Natalie Heroux). On a car journey the couple first play out fantasies, then promise each other complete honesty. Leyla says she only once kissed someone else; İsmet admits he cheated with another woman, and a bitter argument follows. When they stop at a petrol station Leyla disappears, and events turn into a nightmare for İsmet, who is drawn into an unbelievable adventure in search of his wife.

İzzet Günay and Ahmet Kaya appear as commentators and Rasim Öztekin as the Chef. Meltem Cumbul plays the girl on the motorcycle, Mustafa Sandal a bus assistant and Kenan Doğulu a young man in a bar, and Ara Güler, Duygu Asena, Giovanni Scognamillo, Yonca Evcimik and Bedri Baykam have small roles. Mustafa Sandal and Tamer Çıray share the music credit.

DirectorSinan Çetin
Production companyPlato Film
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Also in the cast: Natalie Heroux (Leyla Berkan), Hulki Aktunç

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

Written and directed by Sinan Çetin, who also shared the cinematography, Bay E is an unconventional, experimental fantasy road comedy from the mid-nineties. Its structure, which begins with a couple's honesty game and turns into a nightmare when the wife vanishes at a petrol station, deliberately breaks with realism. Its focus on television and a string of famous guests from Ara Güler to Duygu Asena turn it into a collage winking at the media world of its day. Yet that crowd sometimes gets in the way of the story; the cameos seem there to be shown off rather than to carry the narrative, and the tone never quite settles. An experiment worth respecting for its nerve, though its untidiness is hard to miss.

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

Bay E follows the nightmarish journey of a well-known media figure in years when television and media celebrities were taking up ever more space in everyday life. The cast itself mirrors the period: popular faces like Mustafa Sandal, Kenan Doğulu and Yonca Evcimik share the film in small roles with cultural figures such as Ara Güler, Duygu Asena and Bedri Baykam. The couple's promise to be completely honest with each other, and the confessions that follow, also touch on the price of honesty in a relationship. Seen today, the film works as an intriguing time capsule of nineties celebrity culture.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A missing wife, a nightmare that starts at a gas station and an adventure beyond belief: the opening gets you curious. But the film doesn't play out like a regular thriller; fantasy and comic detours keep breaking the tension. If you want tight pacing or a chase, you may be let down. This odd nineties road movie speaks to a taste for the weird and experimental.

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