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The Market: A Tale of Trade
The Market: A Tale of Trade
7.6
/10
1,172 Ratings

THE MARKET: A TALE OF TRADE

Pazar: Bir Ticaret Masalı

Directed by Ben Hopkins
Germany, Turkey, 2008
Drama, Comedy

Synopsis

A Turkish small time black marketeer in Eastern Anatolia wants to enter the cell phone business. To get enough money, he promises the local doctor to get medicine for sick children. He thinks he has found the opportunity of his life.

Synopsis

A Turkish small time black marketeer in Eastern Anatolia wants to enter the cell phone business. To get enough money, he promises the local doctor to get medicine for sick children. He thinks he has found the opportunity of his life.

Our take

A light-hearted road movie with a fabulous touch of dark humor, Ben Hopkins’s tale of a black marketeer in rural Turkey becomes a clever analysis of how the economic system dictates the lives of individuals. An engaging, crafty and satirical gem from a British director with strong bonds to Turkey.