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The Con (Ketenpere)

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Movie · 2017 · 5 people

Kamil Çetin directed the 2017 Turkish comedy Ketenpere from a screenplay by its lead actor, Şafak Sezer. It opened in cinemas on 3 November 2017 and runs about 108 minutes. In ticketed screenings it drew 299,180 admissions and roughly 3.7 million Turkish lira at the box office.

The hero is Kalender, played by Şafak Sezer. He is an extra who works at a relative's casting company and now and then takes small parts in TV series and films. He has long dreamed of marrying his girlfriend İmge. When he takes the blame for a financial crime that involved his relative's name, he ends up in prison. There he meets an inmate called Vefa Abi, who grows fond of him and takes him under his wing.

After serving his sentence, Kalender goes back to his old life, with help from Vefa's men outside. Some time later Vefa is released too. Kalender tells him about his dream of founding his own casting company and making a film, and Vefa decides to stand by the young man he likes so much and get a film made for him. Hakan Ural, Mehmet Esen and Elif Erol also appear in the cast.

DirectorKamil Çetin
The Con (Ketenpere) The Con (Ketenpere)

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Turabi Çamkıran Turabi Çamkıran Actor · 38 years old Ömer Kurt Ömer Kurt Actor · 55 years old Şafak Sezer Şafak Sezer Actor · 56 years old Kalender Seda Sayan Seda Sayan Artist · 63 years old Seda Sayan Aslı Altaylar Aslı Altaylar Actor · 46 years old

Also in the cast: Mehmet Esen

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Through different eyes

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

Şafak Sezer both wrote the screenplay and leads, and such a combination often carries the performer's personal world on screen. Though labelled a comedy, the film builds its story on a dramatic ground, and according to viewer comments the story matures unexpectedly in the second half. That raises the question of how consistent the tone is across the two halves: if the comedy label and the weight that comes later do not carry one another, the result is scattered. The dream of making a film within a film, meanwhile, offers a charming self-referential storytelling chance. Even so, whether the first half tests the viewer's patience will decide the film's fate.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

A film extra who takes small parts has a big dream, and Vefa Abi, who takes him under his wing, wants to make a film: this recalls Yeşilçam's stories of the unassuming little man. Even the name Vefa, which means loyalty, seems to carry meaning, and one senses an emphasis on a moral centre. Making cinema its subject is charming too. But bringing together a warm story and the real sides of the business, such as the prison setting and a financial crime, is delicate work; if the balance slips, the feeling either grows heavy or turns artificial.

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

A background extra working at a casting company run by a relative takes the blame for a financial crime the relative was involved in and ends up in prison. It makes one think of the weight of kinship ties in working life and the fragility of a small worker. The friendship and protection formed in prison show the place of informal trust and loyalty in society. The film does not set these themes in a heavy sociological frame; moving between comedy and drama, it keeps things light, which means accessibility on the one hand and superficiality on the other. Even so, looking at the world of film extras from this angle may be the film's most interesting side.

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