Propaganda

1999 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 10,341 VOTES · DIR. Sinan Çetin

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Overview

Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.

Dialogue Timeline — 814 lines

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00:00:24 To my f ather...
00:06:27 A hole...
00:10:44 -They are, eh? -Yes.
00:14:35 -Will y ou have the doctor cut it? -lt ain't a matter of a doctor cutting.
00:20:23 -Did y ou f eel like it? -l f elt like it.
00:23:46 Hey Selami, my nutty boy, did the state put a border f or y ou, too?
00:28:08 -What did y ou want? -Call Mr. Mehdi, will y ou?
00:31:04 -Put y our leg in over there. -Now here, now there.
00:36:22 Could he perhaps be say ing something bad, about the state, our f ather?
00:40:27 -l'll pass through again. -Do y ou think this a freeway?
00:45:09 What's up, Mehdi?
00:48:04 Yeah.
00:51:29 And whom would y ou marry but the friend of great big lsmet Pasha?
00:55:42 Father!
01:01:46 l'll go to lsmet Pasha, maybe he'll come here himself?
01:04:13 We've only a lif e left to us, let them take that too.
01:08:54 Wait here, Napoleon.
01:12:04 l want to caress y ou. l want to nuzzle y ou. l want to kiss y ou.
01:15:23 -Don't violate the border. -What's that to y ou, anyway?
01:18:57 -But Director, sir. -Can't y ou see that l'm under...
01:22:17 Write down. Rahim, he's writing. He's preparing the document.
01:29:41 Father, can Cemil pass over here? l missed play ing.
01:36:30 My f ather was one, his f ather was one, so l became a civil servant.
01:41:18 Don't come, Uncle Rahim!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed814
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line01:41:18

Production Record

DirectorSinan Çetin
LanguageTurkish
IMDb votes10,341