Four nobodies, one crooked kingpin, and a heist born from pure spite.
Any given day in Istanbul... Four unique characters, a detention center... And a plan! That same night, Aşkın, Emel, İrfan, and Muzo were unjustly detained in the same detention center. This wasn’t even the first injustice they had faced! So what would they do?… They decided to band together and stage a robbery to declare, “We’re here, we exist, we’re alive!” They planned to steal from the powerful who had wronged them, aiming to erase all the injustices they had endured. Their target, however, was no ordinary foe—it was Timsah Hamza, Istanbul’s darkest and most powerful man. And that’s how the real story began…
Acting
Ensemble chemistry sells the absurd premise.
Writing
Balances social satire with genuine desperation.
Director
Ömer Faruk Yardımcı
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Captures pre-2018 Istanbul's tension between old neighborhoods and ruthless development. The detention center opening mirrors real Turkish police procedural controversies of the era.
Director Ömer Faruk Yardımcı cast Şinasi Yurtsever after seeing his improv in a Kadıköy theatre production. The 'Timsah' nickname was improvised on set and stuck.
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