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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.
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110 min
2004-11-26
Released
Turkish
52
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Mehmet
Nezihe
Recep'in Annesi
Nihal
Gülay
Karpuzcu Kemal
Deli Ömer
Berber
Yazlık Sinemacı
Fötr Şapkalı Adam
Sinema Makinisti
Salih Amca
Fotoğrafçı
Simitçi
Ali Dede
Mahalleli Kadın
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