Beyoglu’nun arka yakasi (1986)

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Country: Turkey
Genres: Thriller
Release:
Director: Serif Gören
Writers: Hüseyin Kuzu , Eyüp Halit Türkyazici
Language: Turkish
Stars: Tarik Akan , Oya Aydogan , Erdal Özyagcilar , Nalan Türkoglu , Yavuzer Çetinkaya , Günay Güner , Yadigar Ejder , Bedri Ugur , Dilaver Uyanik , Banu Gencer
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Beyoglu'nun Arka Yakasi (Turkey)
Plot: Haydar (Tarik Akan) is a government official who has marital problems. One night as a result of a quarrel with his wife, he goes out and starts wandering in the dark streets of Beyoglu, a nightclub district on the European side of Istanbul. In every corner of this place, he encounters with drug addicts,drunks,pimps,transvestites and prostitutes.Soon after, he finds himself drinking and chatting with a homeless boy named Badi in a bar. With the influence of alcohol, he tells Badi that he is looking for a lady to spend the night with. In order to help Haydar, Badi introduces him to Disco Carli (Erdal Ozyagcilar) a taxi driver/pimp who takes him to Zumrut (Oya Aydogan), a cheap prostitute. After some time in a honky tonk, they continue the night in a trashy hotel room where Zumrut leads Haydar to get drunk and fall asleep. He wakes up after a short while and realizes she has gone along with all of his money. He spends the rest of the night looking for Carli and Zumrut to get his money back.
IMDB:tt1172505