The Market: A Tale of Trade
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| Directed by | Ben Hopkins |
| Written by | Ben Hopkins |
| Produced by | Roshanak Behesht Nadjad |
| Starring | Tayanç Ayaydın Genco Erkal Şenay Aydın Hakan Şahin Rojin |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Kröning |
| Music by | Cihan Sezer |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Countries | Turkey Germany United Kingdom Kazakhstan |
| Language | Turkish |
| Box office | $ 100 076 |
The Market: A Tale of Trade (Turkish: Pazar: Bir Ticaret Masalı) is a 2008 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Tayanç Ayaydın as a small-time black market trader in a provincial town in eastern Turkey tasked with procuring some valuable medicine. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on 27 October 2008, has won awards at film festivals in Locarno, Ghent and Antalya, where it was the first film directed by a foreigner to win an award in the national competition.