Eyyvah Eyvah

Eyyvah Eyvah
Film poster
Directed byHakan Algül
Written byAta Demirer
Produced byNecati Akpinar
Starring
Production
company
Besiktas Kültür Merkezi
Distributed byUip filmcilik
Release date
  • 26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Box office$12,011,619

Eyyvah Eyvah is a 2010 Turkish comedy film, directed by Hakan Algül, which stars Ata Demirer as a young clarinet player who travels to Istanbul in search of his estranged father. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on February 26, 2010 (2010-02-26), is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010 and was followed by the sequel Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011).

Production

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The film was shot on location in Istanbul and Çanakkale, Turkey.[1]

Plot

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Hüseyin (Ata Demirer) is a young man living with his grandparents in a village in Turkey's Thracian region. Two things are of great importance in Hüseyin's life: his clarinet and the village nurse Müjgan, who he is in love with. However, one day Hüseyin is forced to go to İstanbul in search of his long-lost father and leave behind his beloved village. In the big city, Hüseyin will receive the biggest support from his clarinet and later from a bar singer called Firuzan (Demet Akbağ). Firuzan, who storms İstanbul's night clubs with her songs, already leads a very colorful and highly complicated life, which, with Hüseyin's inclusion, gets all the more colorful with comedy and action.

Release

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The film opened across Germany on February 25, 2010 and across Turkey and Austria a day later at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $1,597,709.[2]

Opening weekend gross
Date Territory Screens Rank Gross
February 26, 2010 (2010-02-26) Turkey 350 1 $1,597,709
February 25, 2010 (2010-02-25) Germany - - -
February 26, 2010 (2010-02-26) Austria 6 18 $30,622

Reception

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Box office

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The film was number one at the Turkish box office for four weeks running and has made a total gross of $12,011,619.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Filming locations for Eyvah Eyvah". IMDB. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Eyvah Eyvah". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
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