Summaries

A police captain needs to balance between protecting the last remaining witness in a trial, and his rapidly disintegrating love life.

Despite being under house arrest, crime boss Patrick Sarusi manages to eliminate any witnesses that try to go against him time after time. As a last ditch effort, before the case is dropped, Captain Reuven, the officer in charge of the case, sends police woman Aya (who also happens to be his lover) to befriend Patrick's neighbors and try to get evidence against him. But Aya's unorthodox methods, coupled with her disillusionment from their relationship, might get Reuven more than he bargained for.—Oleg

A stylish Israeli crime comedy, Mars Turkey tells the story of Reuven, a police captain in charge of protecting Shimon, the last remaining witness in a trial against crime-lord Patrick Sarusi. Seeing as how Patrick has managed to get to all the other witnesses, Reuven is so desperate to keep Shimon alive that he assigns himself to watch-duty, with the intention of never letting Shimon out of his sight. But as the trial draws near, events start spinning out of control when, in an act of desperation, Reuven sends his sexually frustrated mistress, Aya, to plant a bug in Patrick's apartment. Encouraged by Patrick's neighbor, Aya decides to confront Reuven about his sexual inadequacy and his vain promises to her about leaving his wife, just as Patrick slips out of house-arrest. Will Reuven be able to keep his mind on the job while his love life melts down in front of his eyes?—Nitzan Rotschild (Potty-Man)

Details

Keywords
  • love
  • male rear nudity
  • male nudity
  • police
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Feb 21, 2001
Countries of origin Israel
Language Hebrew

Box office

Budget $735000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby SR
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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