Toss Up
2004 · Movie · 102 min. · Turkey
Yazi Tura (Toss Up) is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the "Cevher the Ghost", a young man who is living with his father in Istanbul. Both went to the army together, and fought in the Eastern Anatolia. Both had dreams and expectations for their civil lives back home. After their military service Ridvan goes back to his village with his right leg missing, the leg that he would score goals with, due to a mine explotion. Neither his fiancée nor his friends treat him the way before. What Ridvan has been through during the war actually brings him down with time. In the same mine explosion Cevher also lost his hearing ability of his right ear, but he is going to go through a greater change after he rescues his father from the wreckage of the Marmara Earthquake.
Direction Ugur Yücel
Cast Olgun Simsek · Kenan Imirzalioglu · Bahri Beyat · Engin Günaydin · Teoman Kumbaracibasi · Erkan Can · Settar Tanriogen · Mizgin Kapazan · Levent Can · Eli Mango
Soundtrack Erkan Ogur
Screenplay Ugur Yücel
Cinematography Roy Kurtluyan · Baris Ozbicer · Emre Tanyildiz
Original title Yazi Tura
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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