Kolpaçino

Kolpaçino (Turkish: Kolpaçino: Bir Şehir Efsanesi) is a 2009 Turkish comedy film, directed by Atıl İnaç, which stars Şafak Sezer as a rich kid who sets up an illegal casino in his parents home to help his friend pay off a mob boss. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29), was one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2009.[1]

Kolpaçino
Theatrical Poster
Directed byAtıl İnaç
Produced byŞenol Zencir
Selin Altınel
Written byŞafak Sezer
Kaan Ertem
Suat Özkan
StarringŞafak Sezer
Aydemir Akbaş
Ali Çatalbaş
Hakan Ural
Ali Sürmeli
Eriş Akman
Hakan Aysev
CinematographyFeza Çaldıran
Edited byHakan Akol
Production
company
İyi Seyirler Film
Distributed byÖzen Film
Release date
  • October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Budget$2,000,000
Box office$3,002,945

Synopsis

Tayfun is an errand boy working for Ateş, one of the most powerful mafia bosses in İstanbul. Tayfun has always been envious of the life led by the spoilt children of the jet set to whom he sells drugs. One day, with the intent of hitting it big, he steals Ateş's money. However, Ateş finds out about this and threatens Tayfun that he will have to pay for it. Frightened, Tayfun goes to another mafia boss, Sabri, for some idea of how to get the amount he owes to Ateş. Sabri tells him that the best way to collect money is to run an illegal casino. However, all the venues run by Sabri are known by the police, so they need a “clean” place to set up the casino. Özgür, one of the kids Tayfun sells drugs to, is the son of a well-to-do family that lives in a large mansion in an upscale neighborhood. Their house is the last place the police would think of raiding, so Tayfun and Sabri go to Özgür's house to ask for his permission to turn the mansion into a casino. Özgür, for the sake of some adrenaline, agrees to turn his family's mansion into an underground casino while his parents are away on an overseas trip.

Main cast
  • Safak Sezer ( Ozgur )
  • Ali Sürmeli (Ates)
  • Ali Çatalbas (Tayfun)
  • Aydemir Akbaş (Sabri)
  • Hakan Ural (Sirri)
  • Eriş Akman (Emrullah)

Release

The film opened in 32 screens across Germany on October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29), 252 screens across Turkey and 6 screens across Austria on October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) at number two in the Turkish box office chart with a worldwide opening weekend gross of US$824,777.[2]

Opening weekend gross
DateTerritoryScreensRankGross
October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) Turkey 252 2 US$628,236
October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29) Germany 32 18 US$168,120
October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30) Austria 6 14 US$28,421

Reception

Box office

The movie was number two at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and was the eighth highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a worldwide total gross of US$2,424,173. That figure has subsequently risen to US$3,002,945.[2]

References
  1. "This week in theaters". Today's Zaman. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  2. "Kolpacino". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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