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The Raindrop
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Wikipedia article
'The Raindrop' is a 2000 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Zeki kten, which chronicles the friendship of five elderly residents of Bozcaada. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , won four awards at the 37th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival, including the Golden Orange for Best Film. It was described as, "sappy yet well narrated," by author Rekin Teksoy. The Turkish title "gle gle" means "goodbye" said by the one who stays, not by the one who leaves.
Synopsis
This film tells the story of a circle of five friends (four men and a woman) who are longtime residents of the Aegean island Bozcaada. The group includes a good-hearted auto mechanic, a retired military officer and his wife, an emotionally volatile bachelor, and Galip, a hopeless romantic who has corresponded with a Cuban woman, Rosa, for thirty-five years. When Galip at last vows to join her in Cuba, his friends make it their mission to reunite the pair.
Cast
*Eref Kolak as Celal
*Zeki Alasya as smet
*Metin Akpnar as Galip
*Yldz Kenter as Zarife
*kran Gngr as emsi
*Yksel Aksu
*Ayegl Aldin
*Haluk Bilginer
*Kaan akr as Dilaver
*Ece Uslu
*Serra Ylmaz
References
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