The Yellow Mercedes
1993 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 3,685 VOTES · DIR. Tunç Okan
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 502 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Enjoy the movie.. By Bubu.
00:06:07 Dumbass..
00:07:55 Heey! Stop dumbass! stop! You hit mine!
00:10:20 -please, let one of them remain with us. -No, impossible. Put all of them inside. -You know that our permission is so short! -Bring them inside!!
00:13:34 -Oh, how quick! -But I will give up soon. Next month, I will start as a housemaid, staying with family.
00:19:56 -Go to hell!
00:23:54 Hurry Balkiz!
00:29:29 Kezban, come here.
00:33:34 -Let me go to see my uncle before he passes away.. Already, I hurry up because of this.
00:36:02 Who cared about Bayram till now? So, why should Bayram care about others?
00:39:54 -Excuse me. How can I go to autopart shops?
00:43:48 I didnt tell any word to my uncle before leaving.
00:46:59 Ohh! You scared me Balkiz.
00:51:51 Should I come closer now? Certainly she is from Istanbul.
00:53:52 -My car is like a large saloon. And lonely driving is also boring.
00:59:02 Work! Work! Work! Dont spend any penny, just save. Dont spend even for women.
01:01:55 -Is there ''Development Cooperation'' in our village?
01:05:31 -We should hang him as exemplary. -Just Germanist!
01:07:33 -Dont worry about documents. Go and enjoy with your family.
01:10:40 -Kezban quit textile job. -Quit? Why?
01:19:52 The highest quality, the best of all Mercedes'.
01:22:25 What does it mean?
01:25:28 -Digging?
01:26:35 -This faggot Bayram, bribed officer to change the health certificate.