Propaganda (1999 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Propaganda

| image = PropagandaTheatricalPoster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Sinan Çetin

| producer = Sinan Çetin
Cemil Çetin
Susa Kohlstedt

| writer = Sinan Çetin
Gülin Tokat

| starring = Kemal Sunal
Metin Akpınar
Meltem Cumbul
Rafet El Roman
Sinan Çetin

| music = Sezen Aksu
Nejat Özer
Yavuz Çetin
Erkan Oğur

| cinematography = Rebekka Haas

| editing =

| studio = Plato Film

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1999|01|05}}

| runtime = 120 mins

| country = Turkey

| language = Turkish

| budget =

| gross =

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Propaganda is a 1999 Turkish comedy film written, directed and produced Sinan Çetin. The film, which is a darkly surreal comedy set in a sleepy village in the southeast Turkey in 1948, starred popular comedy actor Kemal Sunal, who died a year later in 2000. It was shown in competition at the 18th Istanbul International Film Festival and the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Goblet, and went on general release across Turkey on {{start date|1999|01|05}}.

Production

The film was shot on location in Hatay, Turkey.{{cite web |title=Filming locations for Propaganda |first= |last= |vauthors= |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216986/locations |work=IMDB |date= |accessdate=2010-08-15 }}

Synopsis

Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will imminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.