TURKEY - 'Elephants And Grass' FILM - SEX, MAFIA, GOVERNMENT, DRUGS[ENGLISH SUBTITLES]

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Turkish Director: Derviş Zaim's tense dark masterpiece of the underworld of Istanbul's mafia, police, prostitutes, drugs trade and corrupt politians. Six seemingly unconnected characters connected are by coincidence. Havva is an athlete getting ready for the marathon to find money to look after her brother disabled in the Kurdish war. Havva works in a five hotel part time where drug mafia boss Sabit tries to buy out the hotel and casino from owner Mr. Ali and his son Devrim who starts to work with political organisations to fend off the mafia. Sabit works with hitman Camoka who is also connected to a corrupt government minister who 'disappears' Camoka in a fake death after an assassination for the government and double crossing on a drugs run. A man looking similar to Camoka is executed by the government for the funeral. Camoka murders Sabit over the drugs and other corrupt projects' disagreement. It all gets into the media and smears the politician. Devrim gets into trouble as he imagines all is over because the political organisation linked to Kurdistan blow up a cafe with Turkish soldiers as customers but the bombing goes wrong and a miliant woman is killed. Devrim is terrified of being implicated and goes to Havvas house to hide out. But she and her brother are arrested in connection to the bombing at the hotel. Her brother dies from his disabilities when Havva is in police custody then she is strangely released to run the marathon. Camoka runs away abroad and has cocaine parties. Havva runs the marathon and the police chief investigating the execution of innocent men and all of the tangle of drug and government corruption begins ringing random telephone numbers telling random citizens that the country is filled with evil and he knows just enough to be killed.

Elephants and Grass is a telling portrait of Turkey in 2000.