| Kirpi | |
| Director: | Erdal Murat Aktaş |
| Starring: | Mazhar Alanson Güven Kıraç |
| Runtime: | 97 min. |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Music: | Benjamin Beladi - Michael Vickerage |
Kirpi (“Hedgehog”) is a Turkish comedy film. It is based on a novel by Sulhi Dölek. Dölek died in 2005 and upon his last request, the novel was adopted in to a movie in 2009.[1]
Reşat is a nervous and vindictive character. Whenever he feels he has been hard done by, he revenges in satirical plots. These plots are usually harmless but annoying. He likes drawing a hedgehog as his signature. When a stranger jumps the queue while he is paying his bill in a cash office he decides to revenge by frightening him by a fake telephone message. But it turns out that his opponent Tahir is also vindictive. So they began to create plots to make a mockery of each other. But somehow these plots help the police to arrest mafia gang. At the end they make friends with each other.[2]
| Name of the Character | Position | Played by[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reşat | Vindictive character (hedgehog) | Mazhar Alanson | |
| Tahir | Reşat's opponent | Güven Kıraç | |
| Mete | Reşat's boss | İsmail İncekara | |
| Mustak | Reşat's father in law | Zihni Göktay | |
| Nüket | Reşat's wife | Birsen Dürülü | |
| Onur | Reşat's son | Caner Özyurtlu | |
| Nergis | Tahir's wife | Zuhal Topal | |
| ”unnamed” | Dedective | Murat Serezli |