''Offside'' () is a 2000 Turkish

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

, written and directed by Serdar Akar, about a local amateur

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

that hopes to win the league championship. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won four awards at the 20th Istanbul International Film Festival, including Best Turkish Film of the Year and the People's Choice Award. It was described by author

Rekin Teksoy Rekin Teksoy (1928 – May 30, 2012) was a Turkish lawyer, author and translator. Career Teksoy taught courses in Istanbul University’s Communications Faculty on ''Art of Cinema'' and ''Cinema and Literature Relations'' for over twenty years. ...

as having a "less innovative albeit fluent style" in comparison to the director's debut film '' On Board'' (, 1998).

Plot

Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father's store when not practising as goalie for the local football team, Esnaf Spor. Suat is in love with Nurten, the neighbourhood beauty, but she has never responded to his many secret letters. The neighbourhood's greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur league championship.

Cast

* Müjde Ar as Aynur * Savaş Dinçel as Hacı *

Uğur Polat Uğur Polat (born 4 September 1961) is a Turkish actor. Early life and career He graduated from theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He was lecturer in Anadolu University. He joined the Ankara Art Theatre (Ankara Sanat Tiyatro ...

as Cem * Rafet El Roman as Serkan * Şahnaz Çakıralp as Nurten *

Erkan Can Erkan Can (born 1 November 1958) is a Turkish film and theatre actor, who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in '' On Board'' and '' Takva: A Man's Fear of God'', and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performanc ...

as Suat *

Fatih Akyol Fatih () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 15 km2, and its population is 368,227 (2022). It is home to almost all of the provincial authorities (including the may ...

as Selçuk

References

External links

* Turkish comedy-drama films 2000 films 2000s Turkish-language films Association football films 2000 comedy-drama films Films set in Turkey {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub