THE ANNOUNCEMENT
synopsis
May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers has planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their co-conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with a number of obstacles, including a sudden rainstorm, the absence of the radio station technician, a betrayal, the lack of feedback from Ankara and their own inefficiency, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track and announce the success of the coup – that is, if the coup in the capital has taken place at all. Based on actual events and told over the course of a single night, Anons is a wry commentary on Turkey’s uneasy political past – and present. Biting political satire meets subtle comedy in a film that highlights the absurdity of its story without ever being anything less than dead serious.
international title: | The Announcement |
original title: | Anons |
country: | Turkey, Bulgaria |
sales agent: | Heretic Outreach |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mahmut Fazil Coskun |
film run: | 95' |
screenplay: | Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Ercan Kesal |
cast: | Ali Seckiner Alici, Tarhan Karagöz, Murat Kiliç, Sencan Güleryüz |
cinematography by: | Krum Rodrigues |
film editing: | Cicek Kahraman |
art director: | László Rajk |
costumes designer: | Zehra Tuba Atac |
music: | Okan Kaya |
producer: | Halil Kardas, Tarik Tufan, Borislav Chouchkov |
production: | Filmotto Production, BKM, Chouchkov Brothers |