 A sequel, entitled Vizontele Tuuba, involving the director and most of the original cast followed in 2004.The film was shot on location in Gevaş, Van Province, Turkey.The mayor (Altan Erkekli) of a small village in Southeastern Turkey in the 1970s bitterly opposes the activities of sleazy opportunist Latif (Cezmi Baskın) who runs open-air film screenings and seeks to break his monopoly over village entertainment with the introduction of the first television (called Visiontele by the locals).