Cem Davran

Life (2023)

Hicran runs away from home when she is forced into an engagement with Rıza by her father. Rıza, who thinks that Hicran doesn't want to be with him, doesn't care at first. But when it begins to bother him, he decides to confront the situation and embarks ...

Comidark Films 2: Insane (2020)

Güven, a taxi driver is desperately in love with Meral, but he's too shy to open up to her. One day he picks up a customer, gets accused of a crime he didn't commit and his world is turned upside down. ...

Comidark Films: In Between (2019)

Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the ferry company is turning over the management to a new one and the whole crew i ...

My Father's Bones (2019)

My Father's Bones is the tragicomic story of a man who left his own village when he was a teenager because of an unpleasant incident. He swears never to return to his village. But one day he has to take a trip to his village to get his father's bones to fu ...

Niyazi Bey (2017)

Ve Panayır Köyden Gider (2016)

A series of strange events begins in a small village with a dark past when a stranger arrives and questions his own past. ...

A Noise in the Night (2012)

A crime drama film featuring Cem Davran as a middle-aged university professor on a a harrowing journey towards both Turkey's and his own past after crashing into the wall of an Alevi village cemetery… ...

Melekler Ve Kumarbazlar (2009)

A true story about four close friends in Adapazarı who experienced trauma after the earthquake on August 17, 1999, and their hopes, struggles, and passions for the future. Ertekin Akpınar, director and screenwriter of Angels and Gamblers, describes his f ...

Avrupalı (2007)

Balalayka (2000)

On a misty morning, an old bus leaves Batum to go to Istanbul. As the bus stops at various places on the way, Russian women of all ages and professions, each with a unique tale, board. In this bus full of women, there are three Turkish men. Three brothers ...

Perfidious Byzantine (2000)

Kahpe Bizans tells us the story of Yetis Bey (Cem Davran) and his struggle with Byzantian Emperor (Illetyus) in a humorous way. ...

Tersine Dünya (1994)

The film is set in a world where traditional gender roles between women and men are reversed. Bitirim Leyla and Sarı Leman are the tough, street-smart women of their neighborhood. While Leman works in a factory, Leyla makes a living through small-time sca ...

Kurt Kanunu (1992)

1926, Turkey. Anatolia is undergoing a difficult and harsh process marked by turmoil and uncertainty. Alongside the decisive and conscious directives to establish the new infrastructure of the new Turkey, there are also examples of resistance that cause an ...

Varyemez (1991)

Ragıp Elibol is a wealthy and stingy businessman. He separated from Melek, the mother of his children, and married Dürdane. His son Cengiz is studying at university, while his daughter Zeliha is at home waiting for a husband. One day, Ragıp is hit by a ...

The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged (1986)

The film tells the story of an old husband Hüsrev and Melek, who was first a servant and then his wife. With this marriage Hüsrev's subconscious hidden passions are revealed. ...

Yusuf and Kenan (1979)

When their father is killed in a blood feud, Yusuf and Kenan, two shepherd boys, flee to Istanbul in search of their uncle. They become involved with the streetboys, and Yusuf turns to crime although Kenan wants to learn a trade. ...

Taşı Toprağı Altın Şehir (1978)

The story of Ökkes who leaves his small village for Istanbul with his wife Fatma, his son Mehmet, and his brother Cemal. They buy a tractor and work hard to pay it off. Fatma takes a job as a maid for a bar owner, a situation that unsettles Ökkes, while ...