A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 12, 2014
Original Title:
O.H.A: Oflu Hoca'yı Aramak
Genres:
Adventure | Comedy
Production Companies:
LVT Yapım
Production Countries:
Turkey
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 94
Ali Baltaoglu, a construction magnate with high-fying ambitions and deep ties with the government who dreams of carrying Europe’s Alps to the Black Sea in a Dubai-like metropolitan city concept, sponsors three guys -who are not even in the flm business- to flm a documentary about the urban legends of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Ali Baltaoglu plans to use the documentary as a covert advertisement and propaganda tool for the beneft of his mountain city project 'Kackar MegaMount 2023' which was planned to be built within Kackar Mountains National Park. Joined by a reticent driver who cannot drive, they set out to locate the legendary Swearing Ofu Hodja, a saintly and foul-mouthed imam with supernatural powers who works miracles, supports nuclear fusion, and condemns all kinds of authority. The team tumbles through a series of misadventures brought on them by the mysterious hodja, changing their lives forever in this war between matter and meaning.
Art Direction:
Çağatay Yüce
Nurdan Tavukçu
Jeni Kalaidjieva
Casting:
Tülin Berk
Selin Bodur
Costume Designer:
Daniel Mirchev
Michaela Gavanozova
Nurdan Tavukçu
Director:
Levent Soyarslan
Director of Photography:
Vedat Demir
Reyhan Çetin
Aşkın Sağıroğlu
Kubilay Ular
Editor:
Levent Soyarslan
Executive Producer:
Vladimir Karanikolov
Evrim Ercişli
Music:
Cihan Sezer
Levent Soyarslan
Producer:
Zeynep Kesler
Levent Soyarslan
Production Coordinator:
Koray Berber
Production Design:
Levent Soyarslan
Zeynep Kesler
Sound:
Gürsel Kolsal
Writer:
Levent Soyarslan
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