The Bandit (1996 film)
The Bandit Turkish Ekya is a 1996 Turkish film written and directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring ener en and Uur Ycel.
After serving a 35year jail sentence, Baran played by ener en, an ekya a bandit, a haydut in Turkish, is released from prison in a town in Eastern Turkey. When returning to the home village he witness the fact that the world has changed dramatically during those years, with the village itself underwater after the construction of a dam. Then he also finds out that the person who masterminded the betrayal that brought him to jail was Berfo Kamuran Usluer, a friend who had once been closer to him than a brother. In order to snare Keje Sermin en, Barans sweetheart, Berfo seized his best friends gold and had Baran arrested by the gendarmes on Mountain Cudi. Then Berfo purchased Keje from her father against her will, and disappeared. According to rumor, he is in Istanbul.While traveling to Istanbul by train, Baran meets Cumali Uur Ycel, a young man. Cumali was raised in the alleys of Beyolu, his life revolving around bars, gambling joints, alcohol, dope and women. Cumali dreams of joining the mafia and making it big. He takes Baran to a dilapidated hotel in the backstreets of Beyolu. After a while, Cumali and his friends discover that Baran used to be a bandit, but they cant take it seriously. Cumalis dreams of a new life include Emel Yeim Salkm, his girlfriend. Emel has a convict brother, Sedat zkan Uur, who is in trouble with the other prisoners in his jail. His life is in danger, and he needs a high amount of money to get out. Cumali promises Emel to get the money for her brother as soon as possible. Thus, when he deals with a transport of drugs for the mafia, he steals a quantity, enough to secure the escaping of Sedat and also later to get him in trouble with Demircan Melih ardak, the mafia boss. ........
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