Who would've thought that going to a cinema in Istanbul would be full of surprises?

They actually pause the movie halfway through! They literally cut off the actor mid-sentence and put up an intermission screen. Then popcorn fills the whole screen. Like, you know what to do. 10 minutes later, they continue from the same scene.

I found a whole discussion about how different countries handle this. Apparently intermissions are common in Portugal, India, Iceland, Italy, Malta, Jamaica (and that's clearly not the full list). Some places used to have them (Netherlands, France, New Zealand) but don't anymore. People also complain that Hollywood movies get cut up all over the place. Bollywood screenwriters, though—they actually write the intermission break into the script itself.

The movie was shown in the original language with Turkish subtitles. Dubbing here is mostly only done for kids' films.

PS. And I couldn't even manage to buy a ticket online. The website requires you to register via SMS. They only send codes to Turkish, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Kosovar, and Croatian numbers, which I don't have. I wouldn't even question Bosnia being on that list. But how did Croatia end up there? 🤔