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Moscow Code: Temel (Moskova'nın Şifresi: Temel)

Moscow Code: Temel (Moskova'nın Şifresi: Temel) (translated)

Movie · 2012 · 5 people

The 2012 Turkish comedy-adventure film Moskova'nın Şifresi: Temel (Moscow Code: Temel) also goes by the title Temel 2: Moskova'nın Şifresi. Made as the sequel to Sümela'nın Şifresi: Temel, it is in Turkish, runs about 95 minutes and was directed by Adem Kılıç from a screenplay by Yılmaz Okumuş.

The story begins when Temel from Trabzon clashes with the Russian mafia over a misunderstanding. When the gold he has turns out to belong to the mob, Temel travels to Moscow with his friend Turgay and gets caught up in a string of events there. Alper Kul stars, with Aslıhan Güner, Ruhi Sarı and Salih Kalyon alongside him.

The film opened in Turkey on November 23, 2012, on 272 prints. In its first three days it was seen by 184,962 people and grossed 1,815,605 lira, and it ranked among the ten most-watched films of 2012. Reviews were generally positive. Some critics wrote that it blends popular culture with Black Sea culture into an easy, joke-like comedy; others found the script unpretentious but short on gags and said Trabzon is shown differently from how it really is. Alper Kul's performance stood out and was said to recall the character İnek Şaban.

DirectorAdem Kılıç
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Alper Kul Alper Kul Actor · 50 years old Temel Aslıhan Güner Aslıhan Güner Actor · 38 years old Ruhi Sarı Ruhi Sarı Actor · 54 years old Turgay Salih Kalyon Salih Kalyon Actor · 80 years old Necip Memili Necip Memili Actor · 46 years old Ali Kemal

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

Temel's naive ways and Black Sea humor will make kids laugh. It starts with a misunderstanding that puts Temel face to face with the Russian mafia. Don't let the word 'mafia' put you off; things are played mostly for laughs. Still, some jokes repeat like old anecdotes, and adults may tire after a while. At 95 minutes it's a comfortable length for family viewing. If you liked the first film, you'll like this one too.

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

Temel jokes are one of the familiar examples of how regional identity in Turkey gets stereotyped through humor, and this film takes that tradition to Moscow. A hero from Trabzon running into the Russian mafia sets up a comic ground where the local collides with the global. But as some critics noted, Trabzon is shown differently from how it really is; for viewers who know the region only through joke stereotypes, that risks reinforcing prejudice. On the other hand, the film offers easygoing entertainment that blends popular culture with Black Sea culture, and its place among the ten most-watched films of 2012 shows that this brand of identity humor still finds a wide audience.

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

The classic sequel problem is plain here too: the character world built in Sümela'nın Şifresi is freshened up by moving it somewhere new, but the dramatic structure stays the same. Adem Kılıç breaks a misunderstanding-driven plot into a series of situations strung together in Moscow; individual scenes may work, but no sense of rising action builds across the whole. Yılmaz Okumuş's script is unpretentious, yet its supply of jokes struggles to carry 95 minutes. What holds the film up is Alper Kul's performance: his timing and physical comedy make the comparison with İnek Şaban easy to understand. As a box-office product that drew nearly 185,000 viewers in its first three days, it makes sense; as cinema, it is prone to fading from memory.

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