Turkish Ice-Cream (2019)

The two Turks went to Australia. They provide their livelihood by selling ice-cream with a wheelbarrow and camel show in festivals. In 1915 they learned that there was a war in the country.... See full summary »

Director:

Can Ulkay

Writer:

Gurkan Tanyas

Stars:

Ali Atay, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Sebnem Bozoklu

Cast

Credited cast:
Ali Atay	...	Ice Cream Man Mehmet
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil	...	Cameleer Ali
Sebnem Bozoklu	...	Gulsum
Will Thorp	...	Captain Wayne
Marleen Mathews	...	Maria
Tristan Alexander	...	Billy
Caner Kurtaran	...	Salim
James Farley	...	David
Alma Terzic	...	Rose
Carl Wharton	...	General Henry Willet
Ismail Hacioglu	...	Turkish Captain
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Onur Sencer Akinci	...	Manager of Foreigners Branch
Boran Bagci	...	Anzac Soldier
Hüseyin Bediz	...	Mustafa Kemal
Berker Berki	...	Journalist

Storyline

The two Turks went to Australia. They provide their livelihood by selling ice-cream with a wheelbarrow and camel show in festivals. In 1915 they learned that there was a war in the country. They decide to go to Çanakkale. However, the authorities do not allow them to leave the island. At that time, propaganda against the Ottoman Empire in Australia began to be made. They learn that the British are distributing leaflets to recruit soldiers in Australia. And they decide to give their struggle in Australia.

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Plot Keywords:

ottoman | ice cream | world war one | anzac | australia | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Beyazperde Box Office

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish English

Release Date:

15 March 2019 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Turk Isi Dondurma

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$21 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,289,283

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dijital Sanatlar Production

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Dondurmam Buz Gibi Buz
Performed by Ali Atay, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil and Sebnem Bozoklu

User Reviews

A piss poor attempt at whitewashing a terrorist attack and it's perpetrators

The timing of the movie is remarkable in that it will serve to alleviate some of the white guilt regarding the terror attacks in New Zealand which targeted Muslim immigrants, even though the clueless and incompetent director-producer duo clearly meant this as a glorification of those very people. It's based on the terror attacks of Broken Hill, an event where Muslim immigrants, in a religiously motivated terror attack (aka Islamic Jihad) killed unarmed Australian citizens, you know, because they were of the wrong religion and fighting against those of the right religion. The backlash and the outrage would be inconceivable if a movie similar to this were produced by the Australian film industry, in which past crimes of Australian extremist fanatics were handled in such a glorifying light. So, sleep well, people of Australia ridden with liberal white guilt over the terror attacks in New Zealand, there is nothing uniquely barbaric about your extremists which warrant you to personally take responsibility for their actions and realize that halfway across the globe, a movie exists in which radical Muslims are glorifying their past crimes committed against your civilian population and half the Turkish nation is crazy proud of the notion. I hope, this will put things into perspective a little bit better.

As far as the movie goes, it's artistic value is perhaps less than that of Ayla, another somewhat jingoistic flick made by the same people using the same formula, which in itself was mediocre at best and I'm being quite generous here. As a pair of amateurs targeting an ignorant domestic crowd, director and producer decided what was reasonably well done with Ayla is to be diminished and what stood out as childish drivel is to be exaggerated for the movie to succeed. Well, it succeeded in sucking for sure.