Toss Up
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87% Genre Drama Screenplay Ugur Yucel Writer Ugur Yucel | 7.8/10 IMDb Director Ugur Yucel Music director Erkan Ogur Duration Country Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24) Initial release September 24, 2004 (Turkey) Cast (Hayalet Cevher), (Şeytan Rıdvan), (Sencer), Settar Tanriogen (Zeyyat), (Firuz)Similar movies Kenan Imirzalioglu and Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan appear in Toss-Up and Dragon Trap |
Toss-Up (Turkish: Yazı Tura) is a 2004 Turkish drama film, produced, written and directed by Uğur Yücel, starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu and Olgun Şimşek as two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24), won a record 11 awards at the 41st Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival including the Golden Orange for Best Film.
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Plot
Two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities. Cevher (nicknamed "the Ghost") has lost his hearing while Rıdvan (nicknamed "the Devil") has lost a leg. Both are emotionally and physically scarred and find difficulties in adjusting to normal civilian life.
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Awards
The film won a record 11 awards at the 41st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (for Olgun Şimşek), Best Supporting Actor (for Bahri Beyat), Best Supporting Actress (for Eli Mango), Best Screenplay (for Uğur Yücel) and Best Music (for Erkan Oğur).
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