Clean Sweep
A stylish Israeli crime comedy, Mars Turkey tells the story of Reuven, a police captain in charge of protecting Shimon, the last remaining witness in a trial against crime-lord Patrick Sarusi. Seeing as how Patrick has managed to get to all the other witnesses, Reuven is so desperate to keep Shimon alive that he assigns himself to watch-duty, with the intention of never letting Shimon out of his sight. But as the trial draws near, events start spinning out of control when, in an act of desperation, Reuven sends his sexually frustrated mistress, Aya, to plant a bug in Patrick's apartment. Encouraged by Patrick's neighbor, Aya decides to confront Reuven about his sexual inadequacy and his vain promises to her about leaving his wife, just as Patrick slips out of house-arrest. Will Reuven be able to keep his mind on the job while his love life melts down in front of his eyes?
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Cast
18 people
Oded Davidoff Director · Gal Zaid Writer Limor Nachmias Writer
Worldwide gross $124K · Budget $735K · First release February 22, 2001
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Budget
$735,000
Worldwide gross
$124,165
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Evanstone Films Ltd.
Production
Israel
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Original title
מרס תורכי
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · February 22, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 26, 2004 · Febio Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
May 16, 2003 · Israeli Film Festival
Philippines
September 19, 2002 · Israeli Film Festival
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