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Kayıkçı

1999

A gentle, wistful romance unfolding by the sea, with a quiet, song-like rhythm that lingers.

Directed by
Biket İlhan
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Memet Ali Alabora, Katerina Moutsatsou, Mustafa Avkıran
Overview
A charming girl, in her dress reminiscent of the sea breeze, comes to the main square of a small town. An old song begins and enchants the heart of a young man. A deaf-mute fisherman from Smyrna falls in love with a singer from Chios.

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Directed by
Biket İlhan
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Memet Ali Alabora, Katerina Moutsatsou, Mustafa Avkıran
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • identity
  • music
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Biket İlhan
Written by
Ülkü Karaosmanoğlu, Metin Belgin
Starring
Memet Ali Alabora, Katerina Moutsatsou, Mustafa Avkıran, Eleni Filippa, Levent Özdilek, Periklis Lianos, Yiannis Zafeiris
Cinematography
Colin Mounier
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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