1985 · comedy · drama · land
Mr. Muhsin
Directed by Yavuz Turgul1h 59m1985
An ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Mr. Muhsin to have his first album.
Our read: Mr. Muhsin (1985) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded comedy · drama · land entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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