The Magician (2006 film)
The Magician Turkish Hokkabaz is a 2006 Turkish comedydrama film, directed by Cem Ylmaz and Ali Taner Baltac, about a magician who tours around Turkey with his father and best friend so that he can make enough money for laser eye surgery. The film, which was released on October20,200620061020 , was shortlisted for Turkeys official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards but lost out to Takva.
Iskender is a juggler, but to everyone besides himself and his childhood friend, Maradona, he is actually a magician. The two friends undertake a great deal of risk by including Sait in their tour program while being forced to escape Istanbul. Moreover, Father Sait had stopped appreciating Iskender years ago. While the tour brings them much closer, it also results in a magnificent fallingout. Iskender, Maradona, and Sait keep coming back together and falling out with their fellow traveler, Fatma.The film opened in 378 screens across Turkey on October20,200620061020 at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of 1,462,608 and was later released across a number of European territories. ........
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