MOVIE · 2013

CM101MMXI Fundamentals

ComedyDocumentary139 min

Cem Yilmaz takes the stage before a packed crowd, building a stand-up set out of the small frictions and absurd routines of everyday life. In Turkish, he moves from relationships and working life to humanity’s awkward dependence on technology, stretching familiar situations into long, sharply observed stories. A food delivery, a funeral, a conversation gone sideways — each becomes part of a wider comic look at how people behave under ordinary pressure. Filmed live, the movie keeps its focus on Yilmaz’s timing, the audience reaction, and the way mundane details keep opening into something bigger.