A Splendid Movie
★ 5 · 2016 · Comedy · Drama
Ali Kemal and Vahi, two childhood friends striving to realize their dreams, aim to make a Yeşilçam film. Although the two friends, who devoted themselves to their work during Yeşilçam's most dynamic and popular period, thought their task would be easy, as they became more familiar with the industry, they realized that it was a much more complex and large-scale system.
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