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  • Starring: Nazmî Kirik, Newroz Baz
  • Summary: The story of two men who form an unlikely friendship while making the transition to city life in Istanbul.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Leslie Camhi
    80
    A remarkably vivid portrait of a teeming third-world metropolis
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Sensitive, gritty and courageous, this film gathers a power and focus not foreshadowed in its deliberately rambling earlier sequences.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    60
    Ustaoglu has made Mehmet unbelievably naive -- and the hardships piled upon him unintentionally evoke "The Perils of Pauline." That dilutes what should be a powerful protest film, and robs it of the emotional impact it aims for.

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