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Contemporary Turkish Cinema Sınav / The Exam 2006, 120 minutes,35 mm, color, Turkish with English subtitles  Monday, October 15, 9:00 pm Tickets at the Box Office Directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak Screenplay by Yiğit Güralp Cinematography by Veli Kuzlu Editing by Çağrı Türkkan Art Direction by İpek Sorak Music by Ozan Çolakoğlu Produced by Ömer Murat Akdilek, Böcek Yapım Starring Jean Claude Van Damme, İsmail Hacıoğlu, Yağmur Atacan, Rüya Önal, Caner Özyurtlu, Volkan Demirok, Hümeyra, Altan Erkekli, Ayda Aksel and Güven Kıraç Contact Information Pelin KayaFida Film Levent Mah., Şakayıklı Sok., No: 15 3. Levent, 34330 İstanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 325 9010 Fax: +90 212 325 9017 E-mail: pelin.kaya@fidafilm.com |
In Sınav (The Exam), Ömer Faruk Sorak, the director of box office hits such as Vizontele and G.O.R.A., strikingly portrays the frustrations of 30 million high school students—half the population of Turkey—through the story of five college candidates who suffer under the pressures of the forthcoming university entrance exam. In the beginning, high school friends Mert, Sinan, Gamze, Kaan and Uluç try the legal way of getting things done: they study. But no matter how hard they try, they cannot please their parents. Desperate to get a passing grade, the friends pool their resources together and enlist the services of a professional thief/assassin for hire to steal the test papers. Likening the rush for the university entrance to a horse race where only the best fed and best trained can win, The Exam provides a critical look at the flawed education system of Turkey and the hopes and fears of the younger generation. |
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