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Git Başımdan

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Movie · 2015 · 4 people

The 2015 Turkish comedy Git Başımdan was written and directed by Şahin Altuğ. Asteros Film and Warner Bros. Pictures Türkiye produced it, and it reached cinemas on 29 October 2015. Sources describe it as an adaptation of a 2010 American film. At its centre is a man who cannot silence his inner voice.

Latif Selamsız (Şahin Irmak) is in his late thirties, has always been with the same girl, works the same job and still lives with his mother. On the day he plans to break up with his girlfriend Reyhan (Seda Güven), he ends up proposing. On the wedding day his inner voice speaks up and everything changes: fleeing the ceremony, Latif must take in a man he has run into, and that man is his inner voice, Mansur (Bülent Emrah Parlak). After a fight on the road they meet Selin (Aslı Tandoğan), whose pet turtle is stuck in the boot of her stolen car and will die unless it is found. Latif's solo escape becomes a three-person adventure.

Nevra Serezli, Vedi İzzi and Özgür Ozan also appear. Filming took place in Istanbul, Eskişehir and Muğla. Şahin Irmak gave up a moustache he had not cut for ten years for the role. Music is by Ömer Özgür and cinematography by Murat Tuncel.

DirectorŞahin Altuğ
Production companyAsteros Film
Due Date (Git Başımdan)

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Şahin Irmak Şahin Irmak Actor · 45 years old Aslı Tandoğan Aslı Tandoğan Actor · 47 years old Bülent Emrah Parlak Bülent Emrah Parlak Actor · 47 years old Seda Güven Seda Güven Actor · 42 years old Reyhan

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

If you want a light comedy, Git Başımdan is worth a thought. Having the inner voice turn up as a flesh-and-blood man is a fun idea even children will get, and the rush to save a turtle will keep younger viewers curious. Still, the story is about a confused man running away from his own wedding, and the relationship troubles speak more to grown-ups. There is a fight on the road, too. I'd call it a better fit for teenagers and adults; with little ones, take a look yourself first.

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

Git Başımdan is, by most accounts, an adaptation of a 2010 American film, and it follows a familiar road-comedy template: a man fleeing a monotonous life, an unexpected travelling companion, a woman who joins them, and a small mission. Şahin Altuğ's decision to embody the inner voice in a separate actor, Bülent Emrah Parlak, is the film's most cinematic idea; two men who are two sides of one person rubbing against each other can be both funny and touching when it lands. But the road-movie structure invites episodic drift, and devices like the turtle and the stolen car serve more to keep the plot moving than to add dramatic weight. Ömer Özgür's score and locations shifting between Istanbul, Eskişehir and Muğla give the film some air. An ambitious idea, executed more cautiously.

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

Latif Selamsız's story touches a picture many Turkish viewers will recognise: a man in his late thirties who still lives with his mother, has stayed in the same job and the same relationship for years, and lets things drift instead of making his own decisions. Setting out to break up and ending up proposing captures, in comic terms, a family and social order in which expectations override personal wishes. The inner voice appearing as a separate character can be read as a metaphor for suppressed desires finally speaking out loud. The film leans on the road adventure more than it deepens this observation, but it does enough to prompt some thought about marriage pressure and postponed adulthood.

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