The Raindrop (Güle Güle)

Zeki Ökten directed Güle Güle, known internationally as The Raindrop, a comedy-drama. It deals with love, friendship and the joy of life. Made in 1999, it reached Turkish cinemas on February 4, 2000. It marked the director's return to cinema after a long break and reunited Metin Akpınar and Zeki Alasya after 13 years. It is dedicated to victims of the 1999 earthquakes.

The story follows four men and one woman from Bozcaada, friends since childhood. Metin Akpınar plays Galip, Zeki Alasya plays İsmet, Yıldız Kenter plays Zarife and Eşref Kolçak plays Celal. Galip has been writing for thirty-five years to Rosa, a Cuban woman he saw only once. When he learns he has cancer, he decides to go to her but meets many obstacles. His friends go to extraordinary lengths for him, and the only way to raise the money is a bank robbery. Haluk Bilginer and Serra Yılmaz also appear.

Fatih Altınöz wrote the screenplay. UFP produced it; Engin Düzyol composed the music and Frenc Pap shot it. It won four awards at the 37th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, including Best Film. Critic Rekin Teksoy called it sentimental yet well told. The title is the farewell said by the one who stays, not the one who leaves.