Reis (film)

Reis
Reis
	Film Poster
Directed by	Hüdaverdi Yavuz;
Produced by	Kafkasör Film Akademisi;
Starring	Reha Beyoglu; Özlem Balci; Volkan Basaran;
Release date	March 3, 2017;
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish
Budget	$8.000.000
Box office	$538,551

Reis (Turkish: The Chief) is a 2017 Turkish biographical film about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the incumbent President of Turkey. It was released shortly before the constitutional referendum which aimed for a transition to an executive presidency.^[2]

Synopsis

Reis describes Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's childhood and his 1994 to 1998 Istanbul mayoral tenure. The movie ends when he entered prison in 1998 as a consequence of reading a religiously intolerant poem in Siirt ("minarets are bayonets, domes are helmets, mosques are our barracks, believers are soldiers").^[3]

Cast

Reha Beyoğlu as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Özlem Balcı as Emine Erdoğan
Orhan Aydin as Komiser Serhat
Ayhan Eroğlu as Hasan Yesildag
Abidin Yerebakan as Mustafa
İsmail Hakkı Ürün as Ismail
Volkan Basaran as Sultan Baskan

Controversy and reception

Hüdaverdi Yavuz, the director of the movie, refused to attend the movie's premiere, citing various troubles during the shooting, unpaid staff, and his forcefully reduced involvement in the post-production process as reasons.^[4] IMDb attributed the film a rating of 1.8 based on over 71,000 ratings. Reis attracted shy of 67,580 viewers in the first three days (March 3–5).^[5]

References

^ Geen posters, maar wel een (zeer matig) heldenepos over Erdogan in Nederlandse bioscopen
^ "Film on Erdoğan's life premieres on his birthday". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
^ "The Chief: feature film to trace early life of Turkish president". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2016-01-15. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
^ "Reis filminin yönetmeninden şoke eden karar: Galaya katılmayacak". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
^ "New Erdoğan biopic 'Reis' flops at the box office – T-VINE".

External links

Reis. at IMDb
Reis at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] Geen posters, maar wel een (zeer matig) heldenepos over Erdogan in Nederlandse bioscopen

[2] "Film on Erdoğan's life premieres on his birthday". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2020-03-02.

[3] "The Chief: feature film to trace early life of Turkish president". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2016-01-15. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

[4] "Reis filminin yönetmeninden şoke eden karar: Galaya katılmayacak". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[5] "New Erdoğan biopic 'Reis' flops at the box office – T-VINE".

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