Summaries

A Serious MatterAdil lives in a Mediterranean village located on the skirts of mountains with his son, his wife and his mother. He is an idealist primary school teacher who has taught almost all the middle aged and younger dwellers of the town.

Details

Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Dec 30, 2010
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Turkey
Language Turkish
Production companies ACR Yapim

Box office

Gross worldwide $128009

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

The teacher Adil, want a Justice!The teacher Adil lives in a Mediterranean village located on the skirts of Toros Mountains with his son Deniz, his wife Nazife and his mother Leyla. He is an honorable, idealist and idiosyncratic "Turkish Nomad" and primary school teacher who has taught almost all the middle aged and younger dwellers of the town, including the town mayor. He has been in exile for years since he has always been in trouble with authorities. Looking forward to a calm retirement, the life of Adil and his family suddenly turns upside down with the events that follow his being slapped by a young police officer while trying to help a goat he meets in the middle of the road. This event nobody has witnessed is coincidentally recorded by CCTV cameras. However the moment when the teacher is slapped is missing in the records, which makes everything harder for the teacher. That the teacher Adil has been slapped by a police is gossiped everywhere in the town. But only gossiped. In the meantime the teachers only aid Haceli is busy with building a statue in honour of Atatürk in front of his unlicenced constructing hoping it would save it from demolition.

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