Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside

Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside (Turkish: Muro: Nalet Olsun İçimdeki İnsan Sevgisine) is a 2008 Turkish comedy film, directed by Zübeyr Şaşmaz, starring Mustafa Üstündağ and Şefik Onatoğlu as two revolutionaries recently released from prison, who stumble across an illegal organization run by a former friend. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05), is the third highest-grossing Turkish film of 2008. It is a spin-off from the Valley of the Wolves media franchise, based on the Turkish television series of the same name using characters from the sequel series Valley of the Wolves: Ambush.[1]

Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside
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Directed byZübeyr Şaşmaz
Written byRaci Şaşmaz
Bahadır Özdener
Cüneyt Aysan
Produced byRaci Şaşmaz
StarringMustafa Üstündağ
Selim Erdoğan
Bülent Şakrak
Evrim Alasya
Şefik Onatoğlu
Eray Türk
CinematographySelahattin Sancaklı
Edited byKemalettin Osmanlı
Music byJ.P. Smadj
Cem Yıldız
Production
company
Pana Film
Release date
  • December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)
Running time
90 mins
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Box officeUS$14,073,100

Synopsis

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Muro (Mustafa Üstündağ) and Çeto (Şefik Onatoğlu), just released from prison, decide to return to their hometown to start a grassroots revolution. The first phase of their plan is to find two girls, get married and start their own families to become good exemplars of revolutionists. However, a surprise awaits them in their hometown. The village head has married Muro and Çeto to two Russian women while they were in prison. The two now have to return to İstanbul to find the women to whom they were married and get divorces if they want to realize their ideals. But on their return to the big city, they stumble across a massive illegal organization that they will never be able to decipher.

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Release

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The film opened on general release in 237 screens across Turkey on December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05) at number two in the Turkish box office chart with a worldwide opening weekend gross of $1,988,609.[2]

Opening weekend gross
Date Territory Screens Rank Gross
December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05) Turkey 237 2 $1,988,609
December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04) Germany 37 69 $475,955
December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05) Austria 6 7 $78,058
December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04) Netherlands - 14 $33,594

Reception

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The movie was number two at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and was the third highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a total gross of $11,602,503. It remained in the Turkish box-office charts for seventeen weeks and made a total worldwide gross of $14,073,100.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "This week in theaters". Today's Zaman. 2008-12-06. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. ^ a b "Muro: Nalet olsun içimdeki insan sevgisine". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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