Yengeç Oyunu (Crab Play) tells the story of women from a small city, trying to survive. Asya (Ayça İnci) who is a History assistant professor at Istanbul University moves to a town taking her 5-year old daughter İpek, hoping to build a new life. in a little while Asya finds a job at the University and finds herself in an unusual project along her students. A project that will change their life. While investigating old Ottoman documents, they discover a murder case which grabs their attention. At the time seen as an honor killing the suspect has been acquitted. While Asya and her students investigate and find various aspects of this murder, they fight with their own demons as well as those of Turkish society.
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Cast
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Ayça İnci
Asya
Known for
Kuruluş Osman
Ayşe Kökçü
Emine
Known for
Kardeş Payı
Ali Özgentürk
Also in
Zombie and the Ghost Train
We Hit The Road
Gülsüm Öz
Burak Ergün
Burhan Türk
Elif Melda Yılmaz
Nuriye
Known for
Family Secrets
László Kántor
Also in
The Conquest
Márton Miklauzic
Ensar Kılıç
Enver Bey
Also in
Maskeli Balo
Kınalı Kuzular
Elif Melda Yilmaz
Nuriye
Özcan Varaylı
Yengeç İdris
Known for
Valley of the Wolves
Kolpacino: Bomb
Ali Özgentürk Director · Márton Miklauzic Cinematographer Aylin Zoi Tinel Editor
Worldwide gross $55K · First release April 3, 2009 · Produced in Hungary, Türkiye
Box office
Worldwide gross
$54,940
Production
Hungary · Türkiye
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Yengeç Oyunu
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Turkish
Release dates
Türkiye · April 3, 2009
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No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
January 21, 2010
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