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Doctor Kemal is head of a private hospital, is ambitious and has the best intentions for the residents of Istanbul. He is the best candidate for mayor of the Beyoglu district – in his opinion. An opinion not shared by his sceptical ex-wife; nor by the voters who come to eat and drink at his expense; nor the party leader, who even after several meetings still thinks he's an architect rather than a doctor; not even his faithful chauffeur. The slogan 'the doctor has the cure' might be catchy, but the doctor has little clue how sick the climate of political nepotism really is.
Oct 2020
Set in the village of Çiçekpınar in Düzce, the film examines how agricultural labor changed from the 1930s to the 2000s and how the social structure of the village transformed. Before hazelnuts, the villagers of Çiçekpınar lived in a self-sufficient, cooperative, communal social structure. After hazelnuts, however, the community transitioned to a social structure where everyone was responsible for their own work and organized hierarchically. The documentary that tells the story of the transition from a miniature pre-capitalist society to capitalism, exploring how the children of the former laborers, now "bosses," treat their seasonal workers and many other situations.
Dec 2018