The Magician

فيلم الساحر 2006 مترجم-S0E0

If there is Cem Yilmaz, I'm in. One of Cem Yilmaz's best films.

In fact, this is a tragedy comedy. First of all, you should watch it to meet one of the best Turkish man. If there is a movie that made by Cem Yılmaz, you need to watch it without all of bias. Everyone has a big demand about comedy if the point is Cem Yılmaz but i think he is more successful when he is trying to manage or act drama. I like all of the movies he made, actually except ''Ali baba .....''. However ''hokkabaz'' is more real than the others, maybe that's why it impressed me more. Besides all these, the movie provide you to see Tracian province of Turkey and the nature of course because this is a road trip movie in fact. So don't waste your time and watch it. As i said, not perfect but has to be watched.

the movie is actually very similar to Cem Yılmaz's first one, Herşey Çok Güzel Olacak. The theme under his movie is a kind hearted man who loves a girl blindly. It tells the story that you can see all over Türkiye. the good people do anyone a kindness who needs without demanding any consideration. However as a compensation, they only receive sorrow and suffering. This movie is very kind of which you can watch it with your family and enjoy your time. sometimes you will laugh, sometimes think and sometimes you will have tear drops on your cheeks. the fictional items are not underestimated at the movie and gives great pleasure to the viewer.

Classic Cem Yilmaz movie... You can easily laugh just watching him. While the film seems a comedy, you can easily find while you are crying at the end of the film. But don't panic, your crying doesn't continue and you will be laughing again. If you have time, go to this film. Nowadays there are lots of argument about HOKKABAZ. But don't listen them and watch the film. Also Mazhar Alanson made a great job.He plays Cem Yilmaz father. After GORA, it seems everything is okay with that guy.Cem Yılmaz is the most successful Turkish face if you want to laugh. Nice job!!!

I watched the film in cinema about 3 days ago. It was amazing, i and my friend liked it so much. Because Cem Yilmaz had made a much more different film than everyone expected. There wasn't only comedy, drama was the main genre of the film. I think everyone must see this film, especially in Turkey. It was about a conjurer's life. Cast is very good chosen, especially Ozlem Tekin fits her character so much. This movie is her second film, after "O simdi asker". I want to watch her in other films, although she made an explanation about this, that she will act in movies. So this is a happy news for her fans.

Obviously Cem Yilmaz is very good, even the best actor for his roles. But again we understand with this film, his other capabilities at the other side of the camera are not such bright. The movie has enough humor, comedy and dramatic elements to watch and spend some joyful time. However it is not the masterpiece expected from him and I don't expect such a masterpiece from Cem Yılmaz as script writer or director, but as a player. I felt in his all movies, if he take place only as actor, he is enormous successful, but if he has other tasks with the film, like director, producer etc., he lost his concentration. When I was watching the film, I felt that while playing his role, his mind is at the other side of the camera. It is pity that such acting skill is disturbed by other matters. I also would like to remind that Mazhar Alanson is originally theater actor (not musician) and it is not surprise for me to see his successful performance. But I admit that his musical achievements are much ahead of his real profession. I should also point out the character he was playing was so likable for me.

In Turkey everybody knows Cem YILMAZ as a comedian. Yes he is one of the best. But Cem YILMAZ has proved something us. We understood that his comedian side was only the part seen over the iceberg. Fim by film we see how big he is. The film is about a ingenuous magician and his assistant's Turkey Tour with a trailer in which his father lives. Every scene of the movie touches to the emotions. Sometimes you laugh, some time you cry. Maybe the hardest thing in a film is "mixing those emotions in two hours". What can I say I did not have those feelings since Forrest Gump. Find it.Watch it.

Cem Yilmaz is maybe the best comedian of Turkey of our time. He is a natural talent of observation the funny sides of events and people and he is able to grasp the very essence of the stories. However his efforts to make a good movie is shadowed by his ego to do everything by himself. He is a good comic script writer and good actor but he is not movie director or a screenplay writer. When someone does not obey the very basic rules of movie making: the pace, dialogs, credibility whoever talents play in the movie, you feel something essential is missing. The pace of a good movie requires an integrity of introduction, development of a story and a good finish. This movie reaches its climax in the village show when the old lady dies and the rest becomes a boring story which took the two thirds of the movie. Please don't write a dialog when it is not necessary. Telling story by pictures only is sometimes more effective. Short black and white introduction in the start was maybe the best part of the movie. Cem Yilmaz; please get some help next time you make a movie.

I just came out of it -- it is quite a brilliant movie. There are very few actors, some glances at the amazing background of Istanbul and Çanakkale and some village that is celebrating a marriage. There are an endless number of jokes that will make you laugh, but the film takes its quality from a hidden, dark drama that unfolds slowly but inevitably. Apart from the story, I think it has a quiet message that resonates after the film. Iskender makes a living by being a wizard (sihirbaz) -- or an impostor (hokkabaz), if you ask his father, Sait. His friend for life Maradona, has eyes as bad as his, and both decide to make a tour in order to afford a laser operation that will finally free them of their glasses. They borrow the caravan of his brother-in-law, under the condition they relieve them of Sait, a veteran, by driving him to the memorial to the battle of Galipolli. There is a sense of melancholy, and the accordion music when the wizardry happens on stage are only the tip of the iceberg. With very original storytelling, Cem Yilmaz highlights the drama of 'normal people' that try to deal with difficult situations in their life, family members, lack of money, lack of recognition, lack of sight and a certain form of loneliness.