Recep Ivedik (2008)

The movie is about a man trying to impress his childhood lover, although it may sound like a romantic movie, it is not. When Recep comes see's Sibel he starts to remember the old days, from... See full summary »

Director:

Togan Gökbakar

Writers:

Serkan Altunigne (scenario), Sahan Gökbakar

Stars:

Sahan Gökbakar, Fatma Toptas, Tulug Çizgen

Cast

Credited cast:
Sahan Gökbakar	...	Recep Ivedik
Fatma Toptas	...	Sibel
Tulug Çizgen	...	Sibel's Mom
Ismail Hakki	...	Mahmut
Vural Buldu
Hakan Akin	...	Kamyoncu Halil
Ismail Hakki Ürün
Lemi Filozof	...	Belboy Komi
Murat Akdag
Zeynep Aydemir
Ferhat Uçar
Önder K. Açikbas
Yakup Yavru
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hakan Bilgin	...	Müdür
Nedim Dogan	...	Komiser

Storyline

The movie is about a man trying to impress his childhood lover, although it may sound like a romantic movie, it is not. When Recep comes see's Sibel he starts to remember the old days, from there on he goes into very ridiculous lengths to impress her. The story gets a bit complicated when Recep comes across many obstacles but overcomes everything in his own funny ways.

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Plot Keywords:

istanbul turkey | based on tv show | first part | character name in title

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

22 February 2008 (Turkey)

Filming Locations:

Antalya, Turkey

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aksoy Film, Özen Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film based on the character, which was created by Sahan Gökbakar during his comedy show in Turkish television, Recep Ivedik.

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Quotes

Recep Ivedik: I just met with few ladies.Their car was broken i helped them now my car is broken.
Technical Service: ...Did you checked the battery?
Recep Ivedik: I just give battery to them
Technical Service: Sir your car can't work without battery
Recep Ivedik: It isn't Kids Battery Powered Electric Ride, it is a normal basic petrol car.Why the hell it needs a battery!

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Connections

Followed by Recep Ivedik 2 (2009)

User Reviews

A broad comedy farce that bring the iconic comedy buffoon to the big screen...

Popular Turkish comedy writer and performer Şahan Gökbakar ("Dikkat sahan cikabilir") recruits his younger brother Togan Gökbakar ("Gen") to direct the big screen début of his titular comedy character in this crude farce that was the year's box office number one in Turkey and has spawned two equally successful sequels.

Recep İvedik (Şahan Gökbakar) is a fat, aggressive, unibrowed slob who is put up in a classy Antalya hotel as reward for returning the owners lost wallet and proceeds to reek havoc with his uncouth ways as he tries to win over his childhood sweetheart Sibel (Fatma Toptas) in the set-up to this rather uninspired class-clash comedy.

Şahan Gökbakar creates an inspired burlesque exaggeration of the modern Turkish peasantry at large in the city while superb support comes from the likes of Fatma Toptas. Tulug Cizgen and Hakan Bilgin as the westernised "White Turks" whose mores and manners he violently collides with to give the film its comic edge.

The film-makers quickly eschew any deep social-commentary on the class-clash at the heart of their film in favour of broad farce and crude behaviour that sets the comedy creation among the likes of Mr. Bean or Borat except that here they are driven by a misguided romantic endeavour that requires us to actually empathise with this boorish buffoon.

"Hear me well; I'm aggressive, I have complexes."