I woke up yesterday morning to be greeted by this message on twitter from a chap called Yusuf Pirhasan:
"Can I suggest a Turkish comedy double bill, Kurtulus Son Durak is on @ Odeon Lee Valley. Your site does say everyfilmin2012..''
Yusuf couldn't have been more right. I had contacted Cineworld when this film first appeared at Wood Green a couple of weeks ago but was told it had no subtitles.
However, Lee Valley Odeon indicated it did. So, after watching Berlin Kaplani at Wood Green, we nipped off to see it.
But here's the real eye-opener... it's only now, when I've looked up the name of the director of Kurtulus Son Durak.. it's Yusuf Pirhasan! He has since tweeted me to say he liked the website, thought it was a great idea and didn't want to miss out.
I really think I need to create a top 10 everyfilm coolest moments. That would surely be up there.
Anyway, we were the only people in the screen but had a super time with a movie which is both funny and has a strong and important message about the poor treatment of women in Turkey.
It surrounds an apartment block in Kurtulus which is a neighbourhood in the Sisli district of Istanbul.
The friendly residents live in each other's pockets and are a bit put out when a mysterious young woman (Belcin Bilgin) arrives and wants nothing to do with them.
This being Turkey it doesn't stop them sending around food and incessantly asking her if she is all right.
She finally relents and tells them the story of how she had been scheduled to move in with her ex-fiance who jilted her two weeks before they were due to marry.
It turns out that several of the women in the block have stories to tell about poor treatment at the hands of men (one suffers appalling domestic violence but is ignored by the police) and the film then quickly switches into a story about them fighting back.
It would completely ruin the plot if I said what happens next but there are moments which would have not been out of place in a Carry On film but also a serious feminist agenda.
Mrs W and I really enjoyed it. She is a complete sucker for slapstick comedy and so had a fair few giggles.
Foreigners miss quite a few nuances of comedy, particularly jokes around language, so I would expect Turkish people would get even more out of it.
So once again, thanks to Yusuf for pointing it out (his dad Baris wrote the script!) and helping me make sure this cracking start to everyfilmin2012 continues.
Laughs: Five good ones but plenty of snorts and chortles
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 7/10
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