Fantaspoa 2026 Review: The Turkish Coffee Table (2026) by Cam Evrenol

Director: Cam Evrenol

Year: 2026

Country: Turkey

Alternate Titles: Cam Sehpa

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Plot:

Desperate to stop fighting, a man decides to take a specific coffee table home to be a centerpiece in their apartment, but when a shocking tragedy occurs involving the coffee table, which affects his family, he finds the tension of trying to keep it a secret slowly unraveling his life and his sanity.

Review:

Overall, this was a far better genre effort than the original, even if it suffers from the same issues as the original. What works best here is the same as the other film, where the unfurling sense of chaos that emerges once the initial setup takes place and is laid out in front of everyone. The rightfully traumatizing accident that takes place is such a central segment here that there’s no real chance to take it all in is the unquestioned highlight, never going for the gratuitous but being enough of an inciting incident to get things moving. That allows the race to keep it hidden from his wife or anyone else who comes over to visit, taking over the film and his resulting paranoia in how everything will come undone for him once the incident is spilled out into the open, keeping everything incredibly tense. Trying to make sure the perceived revelation of what's happened takes on far more impact with situational awareness through his hallucinations, or just simply trying to make sure he's the only one in the room, makes for a solid enough time here.

Beyond that, though, this one just ends up feeling disappointing. Once we’ve gotten past this initial incident, there’s just nothing much that happens to keep the film interesting beyond the idea of how everything will unravel for him, and when that's the case here, it just becomes insanely dull trying to keep the film going along. This one still feels much more suited to a short film concept, as it requires so much excess material to try to keep it moving along that there’s just so little to keep this interesting at this length, where it all gets downgraded by the bizarre attempt at comedy on something that should be a tragedy. This makes for a wholly disjointed setup, where it’s dull with a highly disjointed tone, and a flimsy plot that doesn’t justify its length. Lazy subplots, including a cousin trying to profess her love for him, or the bizarre finale that attempts to end on an unearned joke, come off awkwardly, and still have some issues with it.

Overview: ***/5

A rather enjoyable remake even with it being just as flawed as the original, there’s enough to like here with the premise being redone just the same as the original and leaving this in a slightly better state. Those who enjoyed the original, who are curious about the style in general, or who are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here, while most others out there will want to heed caution.

This review ran as part of our coverage of the 2026 Fantaspoa Film Festival.