Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds

Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (2004)

November 26th, 20041h 50min

Drama
78%

Overview

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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