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Men (Erkekler)

Men (Erkekler) (translated)

Movie · 2013 · 15 people

Faruk Aksoy directed Erkekler (Men), a Turkish comedy released in cinemas on 20 December 2013. Aksoy wrote the screenplay together with Yılmaz Okumuş and Hilal Çelenk, while his own company, Aksoy Film, produced the picture and Tiglon handled distribution. Oğuz Kaplangı composed the score and Mirsat Herovic served as director of photography. The film marked Aksoy's return to comedy three years after his box-office hit Fetih 1453.

The story follows Adem Yunus, a celebrated lawyer with a thriving career and a happy marriage who nonetheless cheats on his wife — a lapse that baffles him as much as everyone else. Determined to understand why men are unfaithful, he begins probing the male psyche, a quest that brings him to Nazım, a renowned psychiatrist whose own marriage and family life are quietly falling apart. As Adem recounts his rather ordinary story, Nazım is forced to confront his own troubles.

Fikret Kuşkan plays Adem opposite Ali Poyrazoğlu as Dr. Nazım and Asuman Dabak as Zerrin, with Güneş Emir as Hale among the supporting cast. Running around two hours, the film blends its comedy with dramatic and sentimental notes.

DirectorFaruk Aksoy
Production companyAksoy Film
Men (Erkekler)

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Fikret Kuşkan Fikret Kuşkan Actor · 61 years old Adem Güneş Emir Güneş Emir Actor · 41 years old Hale Ali Poyrazoğlu Ali Poyrazoğlu Actor · 80 years old Dr. Nazım Asuman Dabak Asuman Dabak Actor · 56 years old Zerrin Enis Akan Elit Andaç Çam Feriha Eyüboğlu Yasemin Erkent Ethel Mulinas Yasemin Cuhadar Ayça Bildik Yaşar Gündem İlkin Oğuzhan Çakır Müge Esmeray Mehmet Kurt

Also in the cast: Fatih Ermiş

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

The film's starting question, why men cheat, is a familiar curiosity in Turkish comedy. What stands out here is that it is framed as a matter of male nature; that approach gives the comedy material, but risks presenting infidelity as an unavoidable instinct rather than a choice. On the other hand, the psychiatrist who listens to the story having his own marriage and family troubles is a reminder that successful, educated urban men can be in crisis too. How much room the wives who are cheated on get is the real test of how deep the film goes on its subject.

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

Its subject is infidelity and marriage trouble, so it is not a comedy to watch with children. Teenagers are unlikely to find the topic interesting either. It speaks mostly to married couples and adults. Watch it with your partner and it may give you something to talk about afterwards, but anyone expecting light family fun will be disappointed.

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

Faruk Aksoy turning to a small-scale relationship comedy after a large historical production like Fetih 1453 is an interesting change of direction in itself. The script's most useful idea is building the two men's stories as mirrors of each other: Adem's ordinary tale forces the psychiatrist listening to it to face his own problems. That structure opens a dramatic layer beneath the comedy. The trouble is that spreading humour, drama and sentiment over such a long running time strains the balance of tone; hybrid comedies like this usually benefit from tighter editing. The result is a film with a sound idea but a somewhat scattered execution.

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