''Ice Cream, I Scream'' ( tr, Dondurmam Gaymak) is a 2006 Turkish
comedy film
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written and directed by Yüksel Aksu and starring Turan Özdemir, the film's sole professional actor; the rest being residents of
Muğla
Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the District of Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of 660 m and lies at a dist ...
,
Turkey
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.
The film was Turkey's
official submission for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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at the
79th Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Plot
Ali, who is ice cream salesman in
Muğla
Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the District of Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of 660 m and lies at a dist ...
, tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with his brand new yellow ice cream motorbike. However the naughty boys of the town who are chasing him to have free ice cream, steal the motorbike while he is away. Still repaying the debts for the loan on his motorbike, Ali becomes furious and accuses the big ice cream brands of stealing the car in order to destroy him. He starts investigating the theft of his motorbike asking one by one to the sellers of the big brands, while all along the naughty boys are enjoying their free ice cream.
Cast
* Turan Özdemir as Ali
* Nejat Altinsoy as Komunist Mustafa
* Mehmet Amca as Arif Dede
* Levent Aras as Coban
* Ayse Aslan as the mother
* Gulnihal Demir as Canfeda
* Arap Fevzi as Arap Fevzi
* Ulas Saribas as Kamil
* Recep Yener as Imam
* Metin Yildiz as Gasteci Metin
* Ali Sefik Tavil as Kamil Baba
* Ismet Can Suda as Tingoz Kerim
Awards
After gaining a submission for the Academy Awards,
Dondurmam Gaymak was chosen to be the opening movie at the Queens Film Festival,
as well as winning two Queens Spirit awards including Best Comedy Director for Yüksel Aksu
and Best Comedy Film.
It won a Special Jury award at Istanbul International Film Festival,
See also
* Cinema of Turkey
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References
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{{Turkish submissions for the Academy Award
2006 films
2000s Turkish-language films
2006 comedy films
Turkish comedy films
Films set in Turkey
Films shot in Turkey
Muğla Province