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Trouble on Wheels (Kara Bela)

Trouble on Wheels (Kara Bela)

Movie · 2015 · 14 people

Burak Aksak wrote and directed Kara Bela (Trouble on Wheels in English), a 2015 Turkish comedy-adventure. Aksak's second feature, it comes from BKM Film, like his first, Bana Masal Anlatma, and was distributed by Mars Entertainment Group. It opened on September 18, 2015, and runs 100 minutes. A public gala at Istanbul's Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre, with about five thousand ticketed viewers, is said to have been a first in Turkish cinema history.

The story begins when the ordered life of Kudret (Cengiz Bozkurt), a man who has always lived by the rules, is turned upside down by unexpected events. He jumps into his beloved car and sets off toward Antep, making new friends on the way. Everything that can go wrong on the road does. After hundreds of kilometers he discovers both the importance of friendship and the pleasure of living without rules. Cengiz Bozkurt, Seda Bakan (Burcu) and Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (Güven) share the leads, with Cihan Ercan (Efkan) and Tarık Ünlüoğlu (the mobster Atılgan) in support; Zihni Göktay and Zerrin Sümer guest as Kudret's parents.

Shooting took place in Istanbul, Adana and Gaziantep. Necati Akpınar produced. To promote it, Bozkurt and Bakan recorded the song "Kara Bela", written by Bakan's musician husband Ali Erel, and shot a video.

DirectorBurak Aksak
Production companyBKM Film
Trouble on Wheels (Kara Bela) Trouble on Wheels (Kara Bela)

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Cengiz Bozkurt Cengiz Bozkurt Actor · 60 years old Kudret Hasibe Eren Hasibe Eren Actor · 51 years old Ayşen Seda Bakan Seda Bakan Actor · 41 years old Burcu Benian Dönmez Benian Dönmez Actor · 61 years old Aunt Gül Cihan Ercan Cihan Ercan Actor · 42 years old Efkan Hakan Salınmış Hakan Salınmış Actor · 62 years old Clown Tarık Ünlüoğlu Tarık Ünlüoğlu Actor · died at 68 Atılgan Suzan Kardeş Suzan Kardeş Actor · 66 years old Zerrin Sümer Actor · born 1945 Kudret's Mother Sadi Celil Cengiz Sadi Celil Cengiz Actor · 43 years old Resepsiyonist Berat Yenilmez Berat Yenilmez Film actor · 56 years old Zabıta Amiri Erdal Tosun Erdal Tosun Actor · died at 53 Groom's Father Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Actor · 43 years old Güven Esin Alpogan Esin Alpogan Actor · 47 years old Woman at the Job Interview

Also in the cast: Zihni Göktay (Kudret's father)

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

A road comedy the whole family can watch comfortably. What happens to Kudret, who has always lived by the rules, once his routine falls apart can make young and old laugh alike. Cengiz Bozkurt is very likeable and he works well with Seda Bakan. It has a warm message about friendship. There is a mafia boss in the story too, worth knowing if you are watching with very young children.

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

In his second feature after Bana Masal Anlatma, Burak Aksak opts for the road-movie template: a man bound by rules, the car he adores, a route towards Antep and the friends picked up along the way. The skeleton is sound but overly familiar; the story turns into an episodic, stop-by-stop structure in which not every stop carries the same weight. Kudret's transformation can be sensed from the start, and the film hardly tries to hide it. What really carries it is Cengiz Bozkurt's timing and restrained performance, while the shooting in Adana and Gaziantep gives the images some breathing room. For a 100-minute film, a few of the running gags go on too long. An unpretentious, good-natured comedy that never pushes the limits of its genre.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

A man who has always lived by the rules discovering friendship and the joy of life on the road is just the kind of warm idea our old films loved. Seeing seasoned performers like Zihni Göktay and Zerrin Sümer as Kudret's parents feels like a small gift. Cengiz Bozkurt's guileless sincerity suits the story too. Yet the hurry of today's comedies is felt here as well; in some jokes noise wins out over finesse. Anyone looking for the calm of Yeşilçam's simple stories will come away with a fond smile rather than belly laughs.

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