Biyografi Dünyası
Keep Your Word (Tut Sözünü)

Keep Your Word (Tut Sözünü) (translated)

Movie · 2015 · 14 people

A friendship becomes a story that continues after death in Tut Sözünü (Keep Your Word), a Turkish fantasy comedy. Directed by Oğuz Çelik, it was made in 2014 and released on January 2, 2015. Running about 95 minutes, it was written by Kemal Uçar and Giray Altınok, who also play its two leads. Turbude Film produced it.

Yalçın and Bahadır are close friends who could hardly be less alike: Yalçın is reckless and unreliable, Bahadır calm and mild. Their solid friendship ends with Yalçın's death. Some time later there is a knock on Bahadır's door, and Yalçın's ghost stands there, accompanied by Bernardo, a dead Italian trapeze artist. Yalçın is stuck in Purgatory because of a promise he did not keep in life; according to the Taksiratçı, his only way out is to find that promise and fulfill it within three days. The only person who can help is Bahadır, the one friend he had in life.

Kemal Uçar plays Bahadır, Giray Altınok plays Yalçın, Burak Serdar Şanal plays Bernardo and Zafer Algöz plays the Taksiratçı, with Demet Özdemir as Demet. The cinematographer is Ahmet Münür Gürsoy and the music is by Emrah Erdemir.

DirectorOğuz Çelik
Production companyTurbude Film
Keep Your Word (Tut Sözünü) Keep Your Word (Tut Sözünü) Keep Your Word (Tut Sözünü)

Reactions

You can pick up to 3 reactions.

Cast

Titles sharing this cast

Through different eyes

AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

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

It handles death and the afterlife in a light, playful way; even so, the idea of ghosts and Purgatory may confuse young children or spook them a little. Its real message is lovely: friendship and the value of a promise. A family comedy that suits teenagers and adults. It is also a good opening for a chat about keeping your word afterwards.

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

A story of two friends who could hardly be less alike is one of the favorite themes of our old films; here, the friendship carrying on even after death adds a pleasant fairy-tale air. The idea that a broken promise will not let a person go also has real moral weight. Familiar faces such as Zafer Algöz as the Taksiratçı and Erkan Can as the grandfather bring warmth. If only the humor were a little finer and the emotional moments a little deeper; it would then win a more lasting place in the heart.

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

Written by and starring Kemal Uçar and Giray Altınok, the film stands on the writer-actor duo's trust in their own chemistry. The need to find the promise within three days gives the script a good ticking clock, yet that structure often slackens between strung-together comic scenes. Absurd touches like Bernardo, a dead Italian trapeze artist, brighten the fantasy side, but because the rules of this world are never set out clearly enough, the idea of Purgatory and the Taksiratçı never quite reaches its metaphorical power. Oğuz Çelik's direction plays it safe and never pushes the formula. The sense of friendship is sincere and is the film's firmest footing; the duo's trust in each other is what holds up the slackening structure.

Reviews (0)

Log in Log in to write a review.

Comments