The Governor (film)

The Governor

Theatrical Poster
Directed by M. Çağatay Tosun
Produced by Ata Türkoğlu
Written by M. Çağatay Tosun
Batur Emin Akyel
Starring Erdal Beşikçioğlu
Şebnem Dönmez
Uğur Polat
İsmail Hacıoğlu
Özgür Çevik
Şemsi İnkaya
Hakan Gerçek
Hakan Boyav
Music by Nail Yurtsever
Cem Tuncer
Engin Arslan
Cinematography Ferhan Akgün
Edited by Ufuk Özenateş
Production
company
KOLİBA Film
Distributed by Medyavizyon
Maxximum
Release dates
  • January 9, 2009
Running time
 110 minutes
Country Turkey
Language Turkish
Box office US$2,371,977

The Governor (Turkish: Vali) is a 2009 Turkish action film, directed by M. Çağatay Tosun, about the idealist governor of the Aegean city of Denizli, where a team of engineers from the Turkish Mining Exploration Institute (MTA) have recently discovered reserves of uranium. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 9, 2009, was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2009.[1]

Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Ankara and Uşak, Turkey.[2]

Synopsis

Faruk Yazıcı (Erdal Beşikçioğlu) is the idealist governor of the Aegean city of Denizli, where a team of engineers from the Turkish Mining Exploration Institute (MTA) have recently discovered reserves of uranium.

The governor joins forces with his childhood friend Ömer Uçar (Uğur Polat), who heads the team of MTA engineers, in a fight against the beautiful and scheming bureaucrat Ceyda Aydın (Şebnem Dönmez), who actually works to get mines in Turkey under the control of foreign companies. Interestingly, a number of unexplained murders are uncovered only a short while after the governor and the MTA engineers focus on the reserves in Denizli.

Release

The film opened in 175 screens across Turkey on January 9, 2009 at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$526,262. It was later released across Germany, Austria and the UK.[3]

Opening weekend gross
DateTerritoryScreensRankGross
January 9, 2009 Turkey 175 1 US$526,262
March 5, 2009 Germany 22 43 US$12,503
March 6, 2009 Austria 2 40 US$893
March 13, 2009 UK 2 58 US$1,279

Box office

The film opened at number one at the Turkish box office and was the ninth highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a worldwide total gross of US$2,339,823. That figure has subsequently risen to US$2,371,977.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "‘Vali’ (The Governor)". Today's Zaman. 2009-01-10. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Filming locations for Vali". IMDB. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Vali (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-08-07.

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