Tosun Pasha (1976)
Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla, so that Daver Bey will be inclined to give the green valley to his "relatives". Tellioglus, who are behind in the race, desperately find a final solution: They will fake their idiotic butler, Saban, as the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt: Tosun Pasha.
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Excellent but underrated film
Don't listen to the negative reviews
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
The acting in this movie is really good.
Tyson pasha is very good film but film not in rank i don't understand this why this my god good mood but very good not but sick because its very moody film but good film don't understood this what I'm say to you hello guys sorry about this Im very smooth but you are Not smooth why i said this i am not Curious so Its very good film are u under stood me?good very good guys sorry about this Im very smooth why this my god Jan mood but very Mach not Keane sick because its very why this my god Jan said but very Mach not Keane sick because its this I'm not Curious so Its very good film very but you are Not smooth why i said id film but film not in rank i don't understand
This is what I call comedy. Acting, screenplay, supporting roles, all of them are perfectly matching. Kemal Sunal and Sener Sen are very well known actors in Turkey. Unfortunately, Kemal Sunal passed away couple of years ago. He was very famous with his comedies. Sener Sen is still acting, he is a 1st class actor. I believe if he have lived in US he would easily have got couple of Oscars, he has amazing acting skills both in comedies and dramas. You should most definitely watch his movie, "Eskiya", which was a drama. It is sad that some movies like "Tosun Pasa" have not been known in the international movie industry. I like European movies better, because I think they have a soul not just special effects.
If someone says I can watch a movie 5-10 times a year of course you don't believe. But this film makes it true. In Turkey there is no one who doesn't know Tosun Pasha. When you are a child you watch and laugh at the performers (especially Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen facial expressions) ,then after years you realize the film is satirical by many ways.Every time you watch the movie you can realize a different point.But it is sad many of the performers in this film are not between us.Yavuz Tugrul is a good film writer,still making good films and day by day he is getting better.I'm impatient to watch his last film Gonul Yarasi.
Without tracing for the subject of the movie one could watch it just for laughing. In fact it is a story of a man who is forced to act like someone else who has great influence (a magnate&general,kemal sunal as tosun pasa) on behalf of a large family which is one of the two families struggling to grab the possession of a very fertile and rich piece of land, namely yesil vadi(green valley). Besides the leader of the family, Lutfu, takes advantage of fake tosun pasa to get married himself with the daughter of the mayor of the region. The family who has made the fake tosun pasa uses him until the real tosun pasa comes.As he arrives, the real tosun pasa, he starts to act as someone else in order to find who benefits from this situation. After he realizes the situation he starts action and first removes both families from the yesil vadi and marries himself with the daughter of the mayor. This situation is similar to the situation where two people is fighting, another one comes up and beats them both and then leaves. Believe me, even without getting the story you will laugh until cramps start at your cheeks. Vote: 10/10