Fog and Night (Sis ve Gece)

Fog and Night (Sis ve Gece)

Movie · 2007 · 14 people

Ahmet Ümit's novel of the same name was adapted into the 2007 Turkish film Fog and Night (Sis ve Gece). It blends adventure, crime and psychological suspense, runs about 90 minutes and opened in cinemas on February 23, 2007. Turgut Yasalar directed and co-wrote the script with the novel's author, Ümit. Kara Film produced it.

At the center of the story is Sedat, a secret service agent for whom the job comes before everything and intelligence work is almost the purpose of his life. He believes that Yıldırım, a superior he loved like an older brother and friend, was killed by his own service some time ago. Sidelined in the organization's infighting, Sedat falls into a void. He has a wife and children, but they have always come second in his life. He finds a new, consuming passion in Mine, a young woman, until she disappears in a strange way and he sets out on a shadowy search through the labyrinth of Istanbul.

Uğur Polat plays Sedat and Selma Ergeç plays Mine. The cast also includes Oktay Kaynarca (Naci), İlyas Salman (Cuma), Yetkin Dikinciler (Fahri), Ayten Uncuoğlu (Madam Eleni), Sinan Albayrak (Mustafa), Savaş Akova (Metin), Tardu Flordun and Itır Esen (Sevim). Cenk Erdoğan composed the music.

DirectorTurgut Yasalar
Production companyKara Film
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Also in the cast: Gökhan Atılmış (Özer Yılkı)

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

Secret service, infighting inside the organization, a young woman who vanishes and the labyrinth of Istanbul: on paper it's a perfect thriller recipe, and around 90 minutes is the ideal length for a tight film. But Fog and Night is less about action than about what goes on inside one man's head; Sedat's emptiness and inner world come before any chase. Fans of psychological suspense will follow it patiently, while anyone expecting a fast crime story may find it slow in places.

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

An adaptation of Ahmet Ümit's novel, co-written by the author himself. Turgut Yasalar tries to turn a crime framework into a psychological portrait: an intelligence man who treats his job as his reason for living and falls into a void when he is sidelined in the organization's infighting. Uğur Polat carries this withdrawn man with a restrained performance. Gökhan Atılmış's cinematography and Cenk Erdoğan's score serve the effort to build Istanbul as a fog-bound labyrinth. The problem is the rush to fit the novel's layers into about 90 minutes: the suspicion around Yıldırım's death, the neglected family and the passion with Mine can't all be given the same weight, and some supporting characters remain mere functions. Still, it is an attempt that takes its genre seriously and stays in the mind for its atmosphere.

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

For eyes raised on the classics, Fog and Night is an unusually dark and cold world. It is the story of a man who puts his job before everything and has always left his wife and children in second place, and such a hero is not easy to warm to. Still, familiar faces like İlyas Salman and Oktay Kaynarca bring a touch of warmth, and cinema drawn from Ahmet Ümit's fiction has its own value. But viewers who look for stories with a clear moral center and an open heart may feel a little like strangers in this foggy city.

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