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Benim Adım Feridun

My Name Is Feridun (Benim Adım Feridun) (translated)

Movie · 2016 · 3 people

Çağan Irmak wrote and directed the 2016 Turkish comedy Benim Adım Feridun (My Name Is Feridun). It softens its comedy with notes of drama and runs 111 minutes. It opened on 11 November 2016 and drew more than 197,000 viewers, earning about 2.27 million lira at the box office. At heart it is a mistaken-identity comedy.

Ersan is a man who has stopped bothering with romance in a long relationship and has grown comfortable with that. When his girlfriend Ayla leaves him, he is stunned; weeks of trying to win her back come to nothing. He retreats to his childhood home in Erdek, finds no comfort there either, and stumbles on a wedding while walking along the shore. Inside, the groom's father takes him for Feridun, the son of a brother who fell out with the family years ago and settled in Germany. Ersan first plans to slip away, but the sight of the groom's cousin Hayal makes him stay, and the night turns into a run of comic episodes.

Halil Sezai, Büşra Pekin and Tarık Pabuçcuoğlu lead the cast, with Özge Borak, Güngör Bayrak, Suzan Aksoy, Kadriye Kenter and Defne Yalnız also appearing. Critics gave it 2.8 out of 5 and audiences 2.6, a lukewarm response.

DirectorÇağan Irmak

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Güngör Bayrak Güngör Bayrak Actor · 72 years old Büşra Pekin Büşra Pekin Actor · 44 years old Özge Borak Özge Borak Actor · 44 years old

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

It tells the funny night of a man who crashes a wedding and is mistaken for someone else. It is a comedy, but with a touch of drama in its tone. It deals with a break-up and relationships, so small children may not care much. Good for teenagers and adults on a light evening. Do not set your hopes too high: critics and audiences alike gave it a lukewarm welcome.

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

The mistaken-identity comedy is an old formula; the real question is how freshly Çağan Irmak can build it. The idea works: a man dazed by a break-up takes someone else's place at a wedding he does not know, and the night turns into one funny incident after another. Softening the comedy with touches of drama is a bold choice, but a two-toned telling can make the rhythm uncertain. Writing and directing it himself gives unity, yet it risks leaning on familiar moves rather than surprise. Even so, turning the camera away from grand display and toward the way the actors react to one another is where the film breathes most easily. Likeable, but not much above the average.

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

A false identity, a wedding, a one-night adventure: a familiar flavour for those who love the mix-up comedies of Yeşilçam. The inconsolable state of the man who goes back to his childhood home in Erdek after his girlfriend leaves gives the story a human warmth. But touching the heart while making people laugh is a craft of its own; an eye looking for the finesse of the old masters may not find full satisfaction here. Still, it can be welcomed as an honest, gentle comedy that hurts no one and leaves a smile; more than enough for a Sunday evening.

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