Karpuz kabugundan gemiler yapmak (2004)

Director:

Ahmet Ulucay

Writer:

Ahmet Ulucay (writer)

Release Date:

26 November 2004 (Turkey)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

This is a movie about amateur spirit made with an amateur spirit. It is the story of two adolescents who live in a small village...

Plot Keywords:

Childhood | Young Boy | Watermelon | Childhood Fantasy | Cinema

Awards:

7 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Fizuli Caferof	...	Deli Ömer
Mustafa Çoban	...	Karpuzcu Kemal
Gülayse Erkoc	...	Nezihe
Hasbiye Günay	...	Güler
Kadir Kaymaz	...	Mehmet
Ismail Hakki Taslak	...	Recep
Ahmet Ulucay	...	Berber
Boncuk Yilmaz	...	Nihal

Directed by
Ahmet Ulucay

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ahmet Ulucay		writer

Produced by
Ufuk Ahiska	....	executive producer
Ezel Akay	....	executive producer
Serkan Cakarer	....	producer
Diloy Gülün	....	producer
Serdar Tahiroglu	....	producer
D. Daniel Vujic	....	consulting producer

Original Music by
Ender Akay
Alper Tunga Demirel

Cinematography by
Ilker Berke

Film Editing by
Mustafa Presheva
Senad Presheva

Sound Department
Bülent Nurgonul	....	sound

Production Companies

• Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

Distributors

• ASC Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (International: English title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Company:

Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

simple and spectacular

A very simple story with amateur casting can not impress me like this ever. It is about a passion of a two young people toward cinema, making their own projector with very primitive equipments. Their efforts are worth watching. Photography is perfect, every scene is a story itself, colored by the beautiful country side. Village and the villagers are so real that you get the impression as if you are watching a documentary about Turkish villages at the same time, showing the lifestyle, language, costumes, architecture, traditions, taboos and everything in a very lean way. A heartbreaking love story throws in a towel, very innocent but impossible because of the boundaries people set for their selves especially in Turkey. It makes you think how bright minds go in vein because of the lack of support or lack of facility. Fortunately imagination is all free. I am sure the filmmakers did not expect a box office, they put forth their hearts to display everything very sincerely and unreserved. Wish they can reach out the crowds.