Eyyvah Eyvah


Eyyvah Eyvah is a 2010 Turkish comedy film, directed by Hakan Algül, which stars Ata Demirer as a young clarinet player who travels to Istanbul in search of his estranged father. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on, is one of the highest-grossing Turkish films of 2010 and was followed by the sequel Eyyvah Eyvah 2.

Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul and Çanakkale, Turkey.

Plot

Hüseyin is a young man living with his grandparents in a village in Turkey's Thracian region. Two things are of great importance in Hüseyin's life: his clarinet and his fiancée. However, one day Hüseyin is forced to go to İstanbul and leave behind his beloved village. In the big city, Hüseyin will receive the biggest support from his clarinet and later from a bar singer called Firuzan. Firuzan, who storms İstanbul's night clubs with her songs, already leads a very colorful and highly complicated life, which, with Hüseyin's inclusion, gets all the more colorful with comedy and action.

Release

The film opened across Germany on and across Turkey and Austria on at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $1,597,709.
DateTerritoryScreensRankGross
Turkey3501$1,597,709
Germany---
Austria618$30,622

Reception

Box office

The film was number one at the Turkish box office for four weeks running and has made a total gross of $12,011,619.