Ali Baba ve 7 Cüceler (2015)

Ali Senay (Cem Yilmaz) and Ilber (Cetin Altay), the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company starts to dwindle, they decide to participate in a gardening fair... See full summary »

Director:

Cem Yilmaz

Writer:

Cem Yilmaz

Stars:

Cem Yilmaz, Zafer Algöz, Çetin Altay

Cast

Credited cast:
Cem Yilmaz	...	Ali Senay / Boris Mancov
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Zafer Algöz	...	Kenan Memedov
Çetin Altay	...	Ilber
Maria Anastasiyeva	...	Interpol Agent
Mariya Anastasyeva	...	Female Agent
Yavor Baharov	...	Ricardo
Duygu Bal
Bahtiyar Engin	...	Mitko Tasev
Fahradin Fahradinov	...	Male Agent 1
Fevzi Gökçe	...	Sadik
Irina Ivkina	...	Veronica
Valeri Markov
Yosi Mizrahi	...	Tayanç Pakça
Danail Obretenov
Stefan Shterev	...	Boris Courier 1

Storyline

Ali Senay (Cem Yilmaz) and Ilber (Cetin Altay), the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company starts to dwindle, they decide to participate in a gardening fair in Sofia with the plan to meet new people from the sector in an attempt to drum up new business. Things don't go as planned as they find themselves crossing paths with the wrong people hell bent on causing world chaos. Senay and Ilber decide to give up on their dream of becoming rich and successful to instead deal with a powerful force that threatens all of humanity. Through their adventures, they learn about the dirty business of Boris Mancov (Cem Yilmaz) - a very rich and extremely dangerous businessman is involved in and make an enemy out of him. Along the way, they meet former Russian soldier Kenan Memedov and beautiful Russian girl Veronika who both become unlikely allies in a bid to ensure that they bring Mancov to justice. Senay and Ilber go from two craftsman who are trying to make a living...

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | seven dwarves | ali baba | cold war | azerbaijan | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Website

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish Azerbaijani Russian English Spanish Japanese French Arabic

Release Date:

13 November 2015 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Ali Baba and the Seven Dwarfs

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

CMYLMZ Fikirsanat, Nulook Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color (ACES)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the fourth cooperation between Cem Yilmaz and Zafer Algoz after; A.R.O.G.(2008), Yahsi Bati(2009) and Pek Yakinda(2014).

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Connections

References Midnight Express (1978)

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Soundtracks

Indim Havuz Basina
Performed by 'Cem Yilmaz'

User Reviews

Good work, this film has an international aspect

The beauty of the film cannot be understood from the trailers, you should watch it.

(Some people say that Cem Yılmaz(CY) asks vote from his fans, I don't believe in that, every film has its own audience. Besides, no one knows who votes from here so CY cannot know if any of his fans vote or not. Actually, I am not a fan of any famous person. If others like a movie but you don't, you can't blame that the ratings here are not real. You don't have to like every movie and cannot judge others' choices.)

I saw the movie last night at the premiere, it was funny even from the start. This film has a more international aspect compared to past films of CY because it is located in Sofia, Bulgaria & has foreign actor/actresses, foreign people (producers, assistant directors, etc) who have worked in the making of the film.

"Ali Baba & the 7 Dwarfs", has references to many Hollywood movies, including Hunger Games, Predator, James Bond. In some scenes, you can hear good Turkish local music (especially Barış Manço's songs) sang by the actors, themselves. İzzet Altınmeşe's son is also in the film starring as his father's youth. There is also reference to a previous film of CY, "Av Mevsimi" with a song, "Hayde Gidelum".

In all his movies, CY is successful reflecting his local values on the screen & interacting them with the foreign ones in a critical way.

It was very well thought to use a character, Boris Mancov who knows many languages including English, German, French, Italien, Arabian, etc.

There are many parts in the film that makes you really amused & these amusements keep your attention, your mood high till the end of the film while making you really laugh a lot at many times. (Ex: "How Şenay help you?")

Just before the scene when Şenay(Cem Yılmaz), İlber (Çetin Altay) & Veronika (Irina Ivkina) come across Kenan Memedov(Zafer Algöz), Kenan Memedov looks around the forest from underground with a periscope. In this scene, Kenan Memedov character reminds the wizard in the forest, Radagast the Brown in the Lord of the Rings Series. Zafer Algöz's Azerbaijan accent is perfect & his manners, the way he tells who he really is, is funny.

With this film, CY has answered again that he doesn't use same actors or actresses in all his films. Çetin Altay, Josi Mizrahi, Irina Ivkina, Can Yılmaz(brother of Cem Yılmaz), and many other new faces are in "Ali Baba & the 7 Dwarfs". In one scene we see Ozan Güven (the actor recently from the film, "Pek Yakında") in a picture that Kenan Memedov shows us. Although this is Irina Ivkina's first acting experience, she is natural & successful. She adds a good image among other characters with her different Turkish accent (but fluent) & with her native Russian. Fahradin Fahradinov & Mariya Anastasyeva who played the roles of Interpol agents were also very well fit in the film.

In summary, I advise you to watch this movie which is in theaters today, if you want to have fun, forget about the stresses of life & if you want to watch characters who have nice wit (=are ​ skilled at using words in a ​clever and ​humorous way).

I wish CY, the director, actor & scenarist of "Ali Baba & the 7 Dwarfs" will make another film again soon. Turkish movie needs such brave & intelligent people who can make local values spread internationally & who can introduce Turkish actors, actresses to the world.