The Yellow Mercedes

Sarı Mercedes

1993·90'

Tunç Okan,Tunç Okan

DramaActionComedy

Letterboxd TMDB #300953

The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.

Cast

İlyas Salman Bayram

Valérie Lemoine Kezban Micky Sébastian Vapurdaki Sarışın Alexander Gittinger Minibüs Sürücüsü Savaş Yurttaş Veli Saadet Gürses Solmaz Menderes Samancılar İbrahim Serra Yılmaz Pasaport Memuru

Filiz Küçüktepe Veli'nin Karısı Tuncay Akça Kahya Mustafa Suphi Baltacı Oto Ustası Hikmet Karagöz Garson