Sümela'nin sifresi: Temel (2011)

Director:

Adem Kiliç

Writer:

Yilmaz Okumus

Stars:

Altan Erkekli, Alper Kul, Ruhi Sari

Cast

Credited cast:
Altan Erkekli	...	Necati
Alper Kul	...	Temel
Ruhi Sari	...	Turgay
Aslihan Guner	...	Zuhal (as Aslihan Güner)
Ismail Hakki	...	Evgeny Abramovic
Ismail Hakki Ürün	...	Evgeny Abramovic
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Azalia Abdurakhimova
Haldun Aciksözlü
Çetin Altay
Seymen Aydin
Yasemin Balik
Erdem Bas
Ali Düsenkalkar	...	Papaz
Zafer Ergin	...	Ivan
Ceyhun Gen	...	Sofor selim

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

16 December 2011 (Turkey)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Üçgen Yapimevi

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Adem Kılıç's modern-day local reinterpretation of the legendary Keloğlan...

"Sumela'nın Şifresi: Temel" tells the story of Temel (Alper Kul), a modern Keloğlan in today's Trabzon (city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey. Like the iconic Keloğlan who is the quintessence of starry-eyed,ingenuous Anatolian man, Temel is uber-romantic, overly optimistic and naively enthusiastic. The only goal in his simple life is to win his childhood's sweetheart's love,Zuhal (Aslihan Güner.)Even if such a story-line still appeals to modern,hopeless romantics it should be hard-work to make a decent comedy out of such histrionics. All the wisecracks Temel makes in his noble,unselfish and Spartan willingness to accept sufferings sounds so cheap and clichéd. Some of them are surely aimed at the local cinema-goer and imagine a line like "I am Mel.Temel" which sounds so insulting a quip for even the average cineaste. What's more many scenes which are intended to be funny like the scenes shot in a mosque are not related to plot at all and they do sound like poorly interconnected sketches. The local imam who is an aficionado of the local football club (Salih Kalyon),Anastasiya Pavelyeva as the voluptuous callipygous Russian hooker,kolbastı (popular traditional Black Sea dance) and sights of Trabzon like the Sumela Monastery will surely appeal to those who love screwball comedies but if you do expect more than that-a better storyline,more convincing plot, memorable dialogue and lively acting-- you will be disappointed.