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{{Infobox film
| name           = Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside
| image          = MuroFilmPoster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical poster
| director       = [[Zübeyr Şaşmaz]]
| writer         = [[Raci Şaşmaz]]<br />[[Bahadır Özdener]]<br />[[Cüneyt Aysan]]
| producer       = Raci Şaşmaz
| starring       = [[Mustafa Üstündağ (actor)|Mustafa Üstündağ]]<br />Selim Erdoğan<br />[[Bülent Şakrak]]<br />[[Evrim Alasya]]<br />[[Şefik Onatoğlu]]<br />[[Eray Türk]]
| cinematography = [[Selahattin Sancaklı]]
| editing        = [[Kemalettin Osmanlı]]
| music          = [[J.P. Smadj]]<br />[[Cem Yıldız]]
| studio         = Pana Film
| distributor    =
| released       = {{film date|2008|12|05}}
| runtime        = 90 mins
| country        = Turkey
| language       = Turkish
| budget         =
| gross          = [[US$]]14,073,100
}}
'''''Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside''''' ({{langx|tr|Muro: Nalet Olsun İçimdeki İnsan Sevgisine}}) is a 2008 Turkish [[comedy film]], directed by [[Zübeyr Şaşmaz]], starring [[Mustafa Üstündağ (actor)|Mustafa Üstündağ]] and [[Şefik Onatoğlu]] as two revolutionaries recently released from prison, who stumble across an illegal organization run by a former friend. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on {{start date|2008|12|05}}, is the third highest-grossing [[Turkish films of 2008|Turkish film of 2008]]. It is a spin-off from the ''[[Valley of the Wolves]]'' media franchise, based on the Turkish television series ''[[Valley of the Wolves (TV series)|of the same name]]'' using characters from the sequel series ''[[Valley of the Wolves: Ambush]]''.<ref name="TZ01">{{cite web |title=This week in theaters |first= |last= |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-160729-this-week-in-theaters.html |work=[[Today's Zaman]] |date=2008-12-06 |accessdate=2010-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008132733/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-160729-this-week-in-theaters.html |archive-date=2012-10-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Synopsis==
Muro (Mustafa Üstündağ) and Çeto (Şefik Onatoğlu), just released from prison, decide to return to their hometown to start a grassroots revolution. The first phase of their plan is to find two girls, get married and start their own families to become good exemplars of revolutionists. However, a surprise awaits them in their hometown. The village head has married Muro and Çeto to two Russian women while they were in prison. The two now have to return to İstanbul to find the women to whom they were married and get divorces if they want to realize their ideals. But on their return to the big city, they stumble across a massive illegal organization that they will never be able to decipher.
==Cast==
* [[Mustafa Üstündağ (actor)|Mustafa Üstündağ]] as Muro
* [[Şefik Onatoğlu]] as Çeto
* [[Eray Türk]] as Yıldırım
* Selim Erdoğan as Muzo
* [[Nataliya Bondarenko]] as Olga
* [[Daria Litinova]] as Anna
* [[Evrim Alasya]] as Fidan
* [[Bülent Şakrak]]
* [[Demir Karahan]]
==Release==
The film opened on general release in 237 screens across Turkey on {{start date|2008|12|05}} at number two in the Turkish box office chart with a worldwide opening weekend gross of $1,988,609.<ref name="BOM01">{{cite web |title=Muro: Nalet olsun içimdeki insan sevgisine |first= |last= |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2008W49&id=_fKURTLARVADISIMUR01 |work=Box Office Mojo |date= |accessdate=2010-02-24 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center" style="margin:auto;"
|+ Opening weekend gross
|-
!Date!!Territory!!Screens!!Rank!!Gross
|-
| {{start date|2008|12|05}}
| [[Turkey]]
| 237
| 2
| $1,988,609
|-
| {{start date|2008|12|04}}
| [[Germany]]
| 37
| 69
| $475,955
|-
| {{start date|2008|12|05}}
| [[Austria]]
| 6
| 7
| $78,058
|-
| {{start date|2008|12|04}}
| [[Netherlands]]
| -
| 14
| $33,594
|}
==Reception==
The movie was number two at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and was the third highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a total gross of $11,602,503. It remained in the Turkish box-office charts for seventeen weeks and made a total worldwide gross of $14,073,100.<ref name="BOM01" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{imdb title|1286163|Muro: Nalet olsun içimdeki insan sevgisine}}
{{Valley of the Wolves|Title=Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside )}}
[[Category:2008 action comedy films]]
[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Valley of the Wolves]]
[[Category:2000s Turkish-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Turkey]]
[[Category:Films set in Istanbul]]
[[Category:Turkish comedy films]]
[[Category:Film spinoffs]]