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The Döngel Workshop (Döngel Karhanesi)

The Döngel Workshop (Döngel Karhanesi) (translated)

Movie · 2005 · 18 people

Döngel Kârhanesi is a Turkish political satire made in 2005, a comedy told with black humor. Hakan Algül directed it from a screenplay by Necef Uğurlu, who also wrote the work it is based on. It was released on October 28, 2005. Built around the state, banking, credit and love, it sets all of this inside a brothel and turns institutional order into a farce.

The story starts when a brothel owner cannot repay a bank loan: the bank seizes the business, and when a state fund in turn takes over the bank, the brothel passes to the fund as well. Ankara, seeking profit from failing businesses, decides that "Döngel Eğlence Tesisleri" is the most suitable and sends a civil servant experienced in rescuing bankrupt firms. He discovers it is a brothel, and his attempts to turn it into a "kerhane" make up the body of the film. Ahmet Uğurlu plays Keskin and Metin Akpınar plays Bertan. The cast also includes Şenay Gürler (Sabahat), Şebnem Sönmez (Neriman), Zihni Göktay (Sabri) and Fadik Sevin Atasoy (Müstesna), with Sinan Albayrak as a Russian mafia boss and Aylin Aslım as guest star.

The producer is Hüseyin Apaydın, with music by Cem Erman and cinematography by Mustafa Kuşçu. It is a joint production of Replik Ajans and Medyavizyon.

DirectorHakan Algül
Production companyReplik Ajans, Medyavizyon
The Döngel Workshop (Döngel Karhanesi)

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

The film's cleverest move is the chain of seizures at the start: a brothel that can't repay its loan passes to a bank, and when the bank changes hands, to a state fund. That single step makes an absurd situation, the state trying to run a brothel, look like a logical outcome, which is exactly what good satire does. The real question is whether the idea can carry a feature. Necef Uğurlu's script, adapted from his own work, is generous with jokes at the institutions' expense, but stories built on a single premise risk repeating themselves in the second half and letting black humor's edge slip into sketch comedy. An interesting attempt for satire fans; as a rounded film, open to debate.

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

The target is not the brothel itself but the institutions that try to run it: the bank, the fund, the Ministry and the civil servant sent from Ankara. A center that wants profit from failing businesses and simply hands the job to an experienced bureaucrat makes a sharp caricature of an administrative mindset that thinks any problem can be solved by an appointment. Putting state, banking and bureaucracy under one roof creates a satire that tests institutional logic in the least fitting place. The arrow hits its mark, though viewers may wonder how much room the people who actually live there get in this institutional game.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

The story is set in a brothel and is about running that very business. It is a political satire told with black humor and aimed at adults. Not a good pick to watch with children or grandparents. Adults who enjoy political satire are better off watching it among themselves.

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