Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds

Nov 26, 2004

1h 50m

★ 7.8

The 60's, Tepecik, a small Anatolian village…

Overview

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

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Cast

Recep

Ismail Hakki Taslak

Mehmet

Kadir Kaymaz

Nezihe

Gülayse Erkoc

Recep'in Annesi

Aysel Yılmaz

Nihal

Boncuk Yilmaz

Gülay

Hasbiye Günay

Karpuzcu Kemal

Mustafa Çoban

Deli Ömer

Fizuli Caferof

Berber

Ahmet Uluçay

Yazlık Sinemacı

Cömert Agat

Fötr Şapkalı Adam

Hasan Gülün

Sinema Makinisti

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