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Propaganda is a film of genre Drama directed by Sinan Çetin with Kemal Sunal

Propaganda (1999)

Propaganda
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Length 2h
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Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Historical,    Romance
Rating70% 3.5478753.5478753.5478753.5478753.547875

Propaganda is an award-winning 1999 Turkish comedy film written, directed and produced Sinan Çetin. The film, which is a darkly surreal comedy set in a sleepy village in the southeast Turkey in 1948, starred popular comedy actor Kemal Sunal, who died a year later in 2000. It was shown in competition at the 18th Istanbul International Film Festival and the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Goblet, and went on general release across Turkey on January 5, 1999 (1999-01-05).

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Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.

Actors

Kemal Sunal

(Mehdi)Metin Akpınar

(Rahim)Meltem Cumbul

(Filiz)Nazmiye Oral

(Azamet)Sinan Çetin

(Çoban)
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