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''Ice Cream, I Scream'' () is a 2006 Turkish
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
written and directed by Yüksel Aksu and starring Turan Özdemir, the film's sole professional actor; the rest being residents of
Muğla Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe, Muğla, Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...
,
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. The film was Turkey's official submission for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
at the
79th Academy Awards The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m ...
, but it was not nominated.


Plot

Ali, who is ice cream salesman in
Muğla Muğla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of Menteşe, Muğla, Menteşe and Muğla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. Muğla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...
, 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.


Cast

* Turan Özdemir as Ali * Nejat Altinsoy as Komunist Mustafa * Mehmet Amca as Arif Dede * Levent Aras as Coban * Ayse Aslan as the mother * Gulnihal Demir as Canfeda * Arap Fevzi as Arap Fevzi * Ulas Saribas as Kamil * Recep Yener as Imam * Metin Yildiz as Gasteci Metin * Ali Sefik Tavil as Kamil Baba * Ismet Can Suda as Tingoz Kerim


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).


See also

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Cinema of Turkey Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also formerly known as ''Yeşilçam'', which literally means ''Green Pine'' in Turkish language, Turkish), () or Türk sineması refers to the Turkish film industry, film art and industry. It is an importa ...
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List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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List of Turkish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Turkey has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on a regular basis since 1989. Prior to that, they also sent a single film ('' Dry Summer'') in the 1960s after it won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festiva ...


References


External links

* * * {{Turkish submissions for the Academy Award 2006 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2006 comedy films Turkish comedy films Films set in Turkey Films shot in Turkey Muğla Province Turkish-language comedy films