The Yellow Mercedes
Overview
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
