夺宝群英

夺宝群英A man go
es against th
e laws of God a
nd man to h
elp a friend,
with unf
ortunate co
nsequences,
in thi
s stylish
drama fro
m Turkish filmm
aker Dervi
s Zaim. The sto
ry begi
ns with a
brief prolog
ue set in the
13th Ce
ntury,
in which a cal
ligrapher is
completing a co
py of the
Koran and
his assis
tant is
sent out for in
k so he can
complete
the project
before
an invading
Mongol army a
ttacks. Movin
g forward
into th
e 21st Cen
tury, Seli
m Hodja
(Serhat Kil
ic) is a des
cendent o
f the fa
mily that co
mmissioned th
e Koran w
e saw in t
he pref
ace. Seli
m has fal
len on har
d times a
nd he wa
nts to sell
the rare hol
y book,
and he tu
rns to
Ahmet (Mehme
t Ali Nur
oglu), an a
rtist and c
alligrapher w
ho has ju
st finishe
d a stretch in
prison, for
help in findi
ng a buy
er. Not willin
g to negotia
te the
black market f
or reli
gious artifacts
by him
self, Ahmet
turns to
Cengiz (
Mustafa Uzunyil
maz), a
feared m
an in local org
anized
crime c
ircles, w
ho says he can
help them find
a good p
rice for the
rare Kor
an. However,
as Sel
im and
Ahmet work
more closely
with Cen
giz and his
underlings
, they&
#039;re draw
n deeper into
a web o
f criminal beha
vior that
they can
't
easily escape
. Nokta (a
ka Dot) receiv
ed its North A
merican pre
miere at the
2008 Toro
nto World Fi
lm Festiva
l.A man goes
against the la
ws of God
and man to he
lp a friend,
with unfortu
nate con
sequences,
in this