Majority (2010)

Name: Majority
Rating: 3.8

3.8 of 5 from 46 ratings

1h 51min

Not released

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Mertkan (Bartu Küçükçaglayan) has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel drive at night. There is no urgency for him to find a meaning to this emptiness. When he meets Gul (Esme Madra), a Kurdish girl from Eastern Turkey, putting herself through university by working as a waitress, Mertkan has a chance to change the futility of his life. But his father opposes his connection with 'those people who only want to divide our country' and reminds Mertkan that 'we are all Turkish and we are all Muslims'.
Insidiously Mertkan bows to the social values of the 'Majority' when faced with a choice, and becomes the 'proper man' his dad wanted him to be.
Actors:: Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Settar Tanriögen, Nihal G. Koldas, Esme Madra, Erkan Can, Ilhan Hacifazlioglu, Cem Zeynel Kiliç, Feridun Koc, Mehmet Ünal, Guzide Balci, Okan Avci
Directors:: Seren Yüce
Aka:: Çogunluk
Genres:: Drama
Countries:: Turkey
Awards:: 2010 Venice Film Festival Lion of the Future