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Behzat Ç.: Seni Kalbime Gömdüm

Behzat Ç.: Seni Kalbime Gömdüm

Movie · 2011 · 16 people

Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm ("Behzat Ç.: I Buried You in My Heart") is a Turkish crime film inspired by Emrah Serbes's novel Son Hafriyat, released in cinemas on October 28, 2011. Made with the cast and production team of the television series Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi, it runs about 107 minutes. Serdar Akar directed, and Serbes adapted his own novel for the screen. Tarkan Karlıdağ and Adam Film produced.

At the heart of the story is a serial killer who calls himself "Red Kit". He buries his victims in pits dug at various corners of Ankara; the dead are believed to have past ties with police officers, and the killer is thought to be settling an old score. As Chief Inspector Behzat Ç. and his team trace him, this time they also face a crime-scene unit chief. Erdal Beşikçioğlu plays Behzat Ç., alongside Cansu Dere, Rıza Kocaoğlu, Tolga Tekin, Seda Bakan, Hakan Boyav, Berkan Şal, Fatih Artman and Tardu Flordun.

The film was among the most talked-about titles at the 48th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. A TV adaptation entering the selection was a surprise at first, and the gala drew a packed crowd. Beşikçioğlu also won the festival's Best Actor prize. One critic found it little different from the television Behzat Ç.

DirectorSerdar Akar
Production companyAdam Film
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Cansu Dere Cansu Dere Actor · 46 years old Songül Erdal Beşikçioğlu Erdal Beşikçioğlu Actor · 56 years old Behzat Ç. Rıza Kocaoğlu Rıza Kocaoğlu Actor · 47 years old Pembo Seda Bakan Seda Bakan Actor · 41 years old Eda Akkaya Tolga Tekin Tolga Tekin Actor · 53 years old Gorbaçov Hasan Ayda Aksel Ayda Aksel Actor · 64 years old Berkan Şal Berkan Şal Actor · 57 years old Akbaba / İsmet Arif Karasu Canan Ergüder Canan Ergüder Actor · 49 years old Prosecutor Esra Fatih Artman Fatih Artman Actor · 38 years old Harun Sinanoğlu Hakan Boyav Hakan Boyav Actor · 62 years old Ahmet Kolsuz / K.A.S.S. (Kendini Ahmet Sanan Süleyman) Nihat İleri Nihat İleri Actor · born 1955 Mezarcı Satılmış İnanç Konukçu İnanç Konukçu Actor · 41 years old Hayalet / Sabri Özay Tardu Flordun Tardu Flordun Actor · 54 years old Red Kit Ege Aydan Ege Aydan Actor · 68 years old Şevket Ç. Hakan Hatipoğlu Hakan Hatipoğlu Actor · 46 years old Selim Hazal Kaya Hazal Kaya Actor · 36 years old Berna Ç.

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

A serial killer who calls himself 'Red Kit', pits dug all over Ankara, and Behzat Ç. and his team on his trail: what more do you need. The tension hardly lets up, and a killer with a history tied to the police turns it into a personal reckoning. If you watched the series, you know the characters and slip right in. The one thing missing is the big action set pieces I expect from a cinema release.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Moving a TV series to the big screen is a hard test: when the format changes, the film language has to change with it. I Buried You in My Heart only half passes. Emrah Serbes adapting his own novel keeps the characters' voices intact, and Erdal Beşikçioğlu's Best Actor prize at the Golden Orange is well earned, since he plays Behzat's weariness and anger in layers. But the staging and editing hardly move away from the series' look, so it is understandable that one critic found the film little different from the TV Behzat Ç. Across roughly 107 minutes the serial-killer plot holds firm, yet the visual possibilities of the cinema screen go largely unused.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

With pits dug in various corners of the city, Ankara appears with the darkness behind its official face. The idea that the victims had past ties to police officers and that the killer is settling an old score raises an uncomfortable question about an institution facing its own past. By turning back on the police's own history, the story stops treating the force as a realm of flawless heroism. That kind of view is valuable in Turkish crime fiction. Its subject and violence do not suit everyone, but it is also an interesting case of how the TV culture of its time made the jump to cinema.

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