''The Waterfall'' ( tr, Şelale) is a 2001 Turkish

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

, written and directed by

Semir Aslanyürek Semir may refer to: * Semir (given name), an alternate form of the Arabic given name Samir * Vladimir de Semir Vladimir de Semir (born 1948 in Barcelona) is Spanish journalist. He started his career in 1975 and has specialized in science journalism ...

, about a famous painter returning to his hometown to remember his childhood in a politically divided home just before the 1960 military coup d'état. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was described by author

Rekin Teksoy Rekin Teksoy (1928 – May 30, 2012) was a Turkish lawyer, author and translator. Career Teksoy taught courses in Istanbul University’s Communications Faculty on ''Art of Cinema'' and ''Cinema and Literature Relations'' for over twenty years. ...

as a "lively, fresh look at the director's childhood."

Cast

Hülya Koçyiğit Hülya Koçyiğit (born 12 December 1947) is a Turkish actress. A prominent female lead in the Turkish cinema, she received numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Altogether, she has ...

as Semra *

Tuncel Kurtiz Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Early year ...

as Kel Selim * Aykut Oray as Yusuf Usta *

Ali Sürmeli Ali Sürmeli (born 7 April 1959) is a Turkish actor, born in Solhan, Bingöl, Turkey. Filmography Film * 1983: '' Beyaz Ölüm'' * 1988: '' Dönüş'' * 1988: '' Gece Dansı Tutsakları'' * 1993: '' Hoş Memo'' * 1993: ''Mavi Sürgün'' * 1 ...

as Süleyman *

Ege Aydan Ege Aydan (born 15 June 1958) is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1974. Selected filmography References External links * 1958 births Living people Turkish male film actors Male actors from Ankara ...

as Sami *

Nurgül Yeşilçay Nurgül Yeşilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish actress. Biography Nurgül Yeşilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskişehir. Since her graduation, she ...

as Nergis * Enis Aslanyürek as Cemal * Savaş Yurttaş as Münir Ağa *

Ezel Akay Ezel Akay (born 20 January 1961) is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer. Life and work After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Boğaziçi University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova Univ ...

as Callud * Zuhal Tatlıcıoğlu as Şehra * Canan Hoşgör as Cemile

References

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* 2001 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2001 comedy-drama films Films set in Turkey Turkish comedy-drama films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub