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Toss-Up
- Director: Ugur Yücel
- Writer: Ugur Yücel
- Producer: Hakki Göçeoglu; Defne Kayalar
CGiii Comment
Two distinct stories of the walking wounded...
The first story is far superior - alas, with no CGiii content. The brief scene with the mother washing her war-wounded son is profoundly moving. The anti-war message is as subtle as a brick in the face.
As for the second...total codswallop. An earthquake reunites a gay half-brother with his thuggish counterpart...indulgent tripe.
The camera work is atrocious - the dismal use of every gimmick in the book only detracts from any merit the film had on paper.
Trailer...
Toss Up / Yazi Tura 2004 from aylin zoi tinel on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
Yazi Tura (Toss Up) is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the "Cevher the Ghost", a young man who is living with his father in Istanbul. Both went to the army together, and fought in the Eastern Anatolia. Both had dreams and expectations for their civil lives back home. After their military service Ridvan goes back to his village with his right leg missing, the leg that he would score goals with, due to a mine explotion. Neither his fiancée nor his friends treat him the way before. What Ridvan has been through during the war actually brings him down with time. In the same mine explosion Cevher also lost his hearing ability of his right ear, but he is going to go through a greater change after he rescues his father from the wreckage of the Marmara Earthquake.
Cast & Characters
Olgun Simsek as Seytan Ridvan;
Kenan Imirzalioglu as Hayalet Cevher;
Bahri Beyat as Baba Cemil;
Engin Gunaydin as Sencer;
Teoman Kumbaracibasi as Teoman;
Erkan Can as Firuz;
Settar Tanriogen as Zeyyat;
Mizgin Kapazan as Sefika;
Levent Can as Hamit;
Eli Mango as Tasula;
Ahmet Mumtaz Taylan as Maki Amca;
Ulku Duru as Melahat;
Haldun Boysan as Muhittin;
Sultan Gunduz as Rahime;
Seda Akman as Nazan