Ice Cream, I Scream
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Director Yuksel Aksu Writer Yuksel Aksu | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 24, 2006 Producers Yuksel Aksu, Eyup Boz, Tankut Kilinc Cast Turan Özdemir (Ali Usta), Gülnihal Demir (Canfeda), İsmet Can Suda (Tingöz Kerim), Ulaş Sarıbaş (Kamil)Similar movies Set in Turkey, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ice Cream, I Scream (Turkish: Dondurmam Gaymak) is a 2006 Turkish comedy film written and directed by Yüksel Aksu and starring Turan Özdemir, the film's sole professional actor; the rest being residents of Muğla, Turkey.
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The film was Turkey's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot
Ali, who is ice cream salesman in Muğla, 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.
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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, and won an Ankara Movie Awards for Special Jury Awards, People's Jury Awards and Best Actor (Turan Özdemir).
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