The Announcement

Mahmut Fazil Coskun
2017
1h 34m
Turkey, Bulgaria

Scathing political satire awarded in Venice Film Festival and influenced by Roy Anderson and Aki Kaurismaki, which aptly castigates the perennially unstable political climate of neighboring Turkey.

Synopsis

May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers have planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Not even the sermon on the radio.

Details

Director

Mahmut Fazil Coskun

Cast

Murat Kiliç, Sencan Güleryüz, Erdem Senocak

Genre

History, Drama, Comedy

Also known as

Anons | Το Πραξικόπημα

Festival screenings

Venice IFF

Language

Turkish

Subtitles

Greek

Age rating

12+

Special Jury Prize - Orizzonti

Venice Film Festival

2018

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