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 ...
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Title: Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (2004)
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Fizuli Caferof | ... | Deli Ömer |
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Gülayse Erkoc | ... | Nezihe |
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Hasbiye Günay | ... | Güler |
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Kadir Kaymaz | ... | Mehmet |
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Ismail Hakki Taslak | ... | Recep |
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Ahmet Uluçay | ... | Berber |
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Mustafa Çoban | ... | Karpuzcu Kemal |
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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. Written by yusufpiskin
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Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak) is a most charming film out of Turkey. It follows a teenage boy, Recep, working as an apprentice for the local Happy Watermelon Man. His mother is evil (involved in some unexplained human-ear baking ring), but a nearby woman wants to take him under his wing. "Auntie" as he calls her, is somewhat flirtatious and very much weird. Recep has a crush on her eldest daughter, who resents him.
The youngest daughter is infatuated with Recep, who doesn't take her seriously.
On the side, Recep is also trying to build his own movie theatre with two friends. They've got the film, the wooden projector box, a light and lens. Now all they need is to find a way to manually move the film at 24 frames a second.
Boats is witty, wonderful and at times, weird. It's a what Cinema Paradiso would be if David Lynch directed it. It is not perfect. There is a lull about 2/3rds into the movie that is hard to ignore. But this is one of those rare smart films for the whole family.