"The Market - A Tale of Trade"

Set in Turkey, this is a story of a family man trying to make a living through basic economics -- buying goods for less money than he can sell them, whatever the goods may be. He is a trader.

More a story of economics, this is also a moral tale. The two are deeply intertwined here as he gambles, drinks, makes deals with God, and steals drugs from a hospital to fulfill a business deal gone bad.

Set in 1994 just as cellular phones are becoming prevalent in Turkey, he makes an expensive and risky bet to become the sole provider for one of the phone networks in his small town in Eastern Turkey.

The director utilizes elements of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage in elevating this tale in capturing a worthy and respectable story of money vs. morality in a place considered to be the bridge between east and west.