The Market: A Tale of Trade

The Market: A Tale of Trade
Film poster
Directed byBen Hopkins
Written byBen Hopkins
Produced byRoshanak Behesht Nadjad
StarringTayanç Ayaydın
Genco Erkal
Şenay Aydın
Hakan Şahin
Rojin
CinematographyKonstantin Kröning
Music byCihan Sezer
Release date
  • 27 October 2008 (2008-10-27)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesTurkey
Germany
United Kingdom
Kazakhstan
LanguageTurkish
Box office$ 100 076[1]

The Market: A Tale of Trade (Turkish: Pazar: Bir Ticaret Masalı) is a 2008 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Tayanç Ayaydın as a small-time black market trader in a provincial town in eastern Turkey tasked with procuring some valuable medicine. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 27 October 2008 (2008-10-27), has won awards at film festivals in Locarno, Ghent and Antalya, where it was the first film directed by a foreigner to win an award in the national competition.[2]

  1. ^ "The Market: A Tale of Trade (2008)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "DISPATCH FROM TURKEY | A Question of Identity in Turkish Film: The 45th Antalya Film Festival and 4t". 21 October 2008.