Offside (2000 film)

Offside
	Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Serdar Akar
Produced by	Üstün Karabol; Nida Karabol Akdeniz;
Written by	Serdar Akar; Önder Çakar;
Starring	Müjde Ar; Savaş Dinçel; Uğur Polat; Rafet El Roman; Şahnaz Çakıralp; Erkan Can; Fatih Akyol;
Music by	Fahir Atakoğlu
Cinematography	Mehmet Aksin
Edited by	Hakan Akol
Release date	8 December 2000;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

Offside (Turkish: Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar) is a 2000 Turkish comedy-drama film, written and directed by Serdar Akar, about a local amateur football that hopes to win the league championship. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 8 December 2000 (2000-12-08), won four awards at the 20th Istanbul International Film Festival, including Best Turkish Film of the Year and the People's Choice Award. It was described by author Rekin Teksoy as having a "less innovative albeit fluent style" in comparison to the director's debut film On Board (Turkish: Gemide, 1998).[1]

Plot

Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practising as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. Suat is in love with Nurten, the neighbourhood beauty, but she has never responded to his many secret letters. The neighbourhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship.

Cast

Müjde Ar as Aynur
Savaş Dinçel as Hacı
Uğur Polat as Cem
Rafet El Roman as Serkan
Şahnaz Çakıralp as Nurten
Erkan Can as Suat
Fatih Akyol as Selçuk

References

Teksoy, Renkin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 113. ISBN 975-329-611-8.

External links

Offside on IMDb

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[RT01-1] Teksoy, Renkin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 113. ISBN 975-329-611-8.