Not Worth a Fig (Turkish: İncir Çekirdeği) is a 2009 Turkish drama film written and directed by Selda Çiçek based on a true story about a woman unhappily married to her late sister's husband. The film, which went on nationwide release on November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06), was selected for the 16th London Turkish Film Festival.

Not Worth a Fig
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Directed bySelda Çiçek
Written bySelda Çiçek
Produced byMehmet Çiçek
StarringÖzgü Namal
Turgay Tanülkü
Veysel Diker
Barış Çakmak
Makbule Akbaş
Derya Durmaz
Onur Dikmen
Burcu Salihoğlu
Emrah Dönmez
Halil Yomak
Nalan Başaran
Sevinç Erol
Tuğçe Şenoğlu
Cinematographyİlker Berke
Edited byEmrah Dönmez
Music byÖzgür Yalçın
Serkan Alkan
Production
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Çiçek Film
Distributed byÖzen Film
Release date
  • 6 November 2009 (2009-11-06)
Running time
82 mins
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Box officeUS$40,366

Synopsis

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The plot focuses on one day in the life of a family and is centred on Heda, who is unhappily married to her late sister's husband. At the same time, Heda's mother Cemile is suffering from ever-deepening depression but no one even notices...or cares a fig.

Release

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General release

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The film opened on general release in 20 screens across Turkey on November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06) at number fourteen in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of US$12,554.[1]

Festival screenings

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Not Worth a Fig". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Not Worth A Fig / İncir Çekirdeği". LTFF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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