Boatman

The Boatman

Director: Biket İlhan

Producer: Biket İlhan

Screenplay: Metin Belgin, Ülkü Karaosmanoğlu

Year: 1998

Cinematographer: Colin Mounier

Music: Thesia Panayiotou

Cast: Mehmet Ali Alabora, Katherina Mautsatsos, Mustafa Avkıran, Eleni Philippa, Levent Özdilek, Peridis Lianos

Color: Colorful

Production Company: Sinevizyon Film

Country: Türkiye, Bulgaria, Greece

Release date: 08.10.1999

Plot: The story of a deaf and mute Turkish fisherman who works as a boatman in Izmir and falls in love with Evdokia, who comes from Greece, is told. One night, he reaches the island by swimming on truck tires, and the boatman is met by the police.

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