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Jolly Life is a film of genre Drama directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan with Yılmaz Erdoğan
Jolly Life (2009)
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Add to a movie listJolly Life (Turkish: Neşeli Hayat) is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a working class Turkish man who accepts a job as a Mall Santa. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on November 27, 2009 (2009-11-27), was screened in competition at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival and was nominated in several categories at the 3rd Yeşilçam Awards. Writer, director and star Erdoğan says that the main character is between the worlds of the Westernized upper class Turks and the working class Turks in the east of the country.
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Un homme portant le poids du monde sur ses épaules travaille comme Père Noël dans un centre commercial, où la réalité ne semble pas si différente de la fiction.Actors
Yılmaz Erdoğan
(Rıza)
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