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Sweet Talker (Tatlı Dillim)

Sweet Talker (Tatlı Dillim) (translated)

Movie · 1972 · 14 people

Arzu Film produced Tatlı Dillim ("Sweet Talker"), a romantic comedy released on November 1, 1972. Ertem Eğilmez directed it from a script by Sadık Şendil, and Tarık Akan and Filiz Akın share the leading roles. Bringing together many familiar faces of Yeşilçam comedy, it also holds a place as Kemal Sunal's first feature film, in which he appears only in a small part.

The film follows the marriage of Ferit and Emine. Emine is an idealist teacher devoted to the people of the village where she works, while Ferit is the spoiled son of a wealthy family. When the basketball team Ferit plays on goes to the village for a training camp, the two meet, and a story that begins in stubborn clashes slowly turns into love. Tarık Akan plays Ferit and Filiz Akın plays Emine; Hulusi Kentmen is Ferit's father, Münir Özkul the village headman Hasan and Zeki Alasya the coach. Halit Akçatepe (a shepherd), Metin Akpınar and Suna Keskin are also in the cast.

Erdoğan Engin handled the cinematography, and the music is by Neşet Ertaş and Selda Bağcan. Shot in colour, the film runs 94 minutes. A village wedding, pool and seaside scenes, water skiing and basketball practice feed the comedy, and the film later went through colourisation and an HD restoration.

DirectorErtem Eğilmez
Production companyArzu Film

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Filiz Akın Filiz Akın Film actor · died at 82 Emine Halit Akçatepe Halit Akçatepe Actor · died at 78 Shepherd Hulusi Kentmen Hulusi Kentmen Actor · died at 82 Ferit's Father Kemal Sunal Kemal Sunal Film actor · died at 55 Kemal Metin Akpınar Metin Akpınar Actor · 85 years old Metin Münir Özkul Münir Özkul Film actor · died at 92 Village Head Hasan Tarık Akan Tarık Akan Actor · died at 66 Ferit Zeki Alasya Zeki Alasya Film actor · died at 72 Antrenör Metin Çekmez Metin Çekmez Actor · died at 76 Metin Aytaç Arman Aytaç Arman Actor · died at 69 Basketbolcu Cüneyt Türel Cüneyt Türel Actor · died at 69 Agah Hün Actor · died at 72 Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Actor · died at 95 Cem Erman Cem Erman Actor · 1947 – 2011 Cem

Also in the cast: Suna Keskin

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Tatlı Dillim is a heart-warming romantic comedy that gathers some of Yeşilçam's most beloved faces. As the stubborn sparring between Tarık Akan's spoiled rich boy Ferit and Filiz Akın's idealist teacher Emine slowly turns into love, the sweet innocence of the old cinema comes alive. Münir Özkul as the village headman, Hulusi Kentmen as the father and Zeki Alasya as the coach turn the film into something like a family reunion. The music by Neşet Ertaş and Selda Bağcan is a pleasure of its own. And knowing it was Kemal Sunal's first film gives his small part a special meaning today.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Directed by Ertem Eğilmez, Tatlı Dillim works the rich boy versus idealist village teacher contrast through the classic from-squabbling-to-love template. Sadık Şendil's script attempts nothing new: where the characters will end up is clear from their first meeting, and the rest passes through familiar stops. The village wedding, the pool and seaside scenes, the water skiing and basketball practice feed the comedy, but they feel more like a string of sketches than a story. What carries the film is not its structure but its cast: the rapport between Tarık Akan and Filiz Akın, and the timing of players like Münir Özkul and Zeki Alasya. Erdoğan Engin's colour photography captures the bright mood of the period well. Enjoyable as formula cinema, but don't expect daring that outlives its era.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Tatlı Dillim is a film three generations can watch together. It has a romantic-comedy feel, and the laughs come mostly from stubbornness and banter. Grandparents will enjoy seeing familiar faces, and kids will have fun with the basketball and water-skiing scenes. Today's children may find the pace a little slow, though. And some of the sparring between the rich boy and the teacher may look dated through modern eyes.

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