Canikom

Darling (Canikom) (translated)

Movie · 1979 · 5 people

Philandering, a seaside holiday and a broken engagement form the backbone of Canikom, a Turkish romantic comedy from 1979. Erler Film made it, Orhan Aksoy directed, and Fuat Özlüer and Erdoğan Tünaş wrote the screenplay together. Türker İnanoğlu produced, Çetin Gürtop handled the photography, and the colour 35 mm feature runs 89 minutes.

Fikret (Cüneyt Arkın) manages a company and is engaged to Serap (Hülya Yiğitalp), the owner's daughter, yet he is an incorrigible flirt. On holiday in Şile, where he has sailed in his own boat, a string of coincidences throws him together with Bahar (Gülşen Bubikoğlu), a model in town for a photo shoot. They quickly fall for each other and plan to marry. Then Serap turns up unannounced to surprise her fiancé, and the plan unravels: Fikret must end the engagement while also convincing Bahar that his feelings are sincere.

In the supporting cast Ali Şen plays Selim, Sami Hazinses Cemil, Mürüvvet Sim Saadet, Şemsi İnkaya Acar, Ekrem Dümer Doktor Sami, Raşit Hazar Erol and Ahmet Turgutlu the butcher Faik, with Nubar Terziyan and Çetin Başaran also appearing. Cüneyt Arkın plays a second character, İzzet, besides Fikret. As was usual in Yeşilçam, many of the voices were dubbed: Toron Karacaoğlu speaks for Arkın, Tijen Par for Yiğitalp.

DirectorOrhan Aksoy
Production companyErler Film

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

Canikom is one of those sunny, colourful Yeşilçam romantic comedies. A boat at Şile, two young people meeting by the sea, a fiancée who complicates everything... Seeing Cüneyt Arkın as an engaged but philandering company manager is a treat of its own, and Gülşen Bubikoğlu brings the freshness of her era to the film. Masterly supporting players such as Ali Şen, Sami Hazinses and Mürüvvet Sim give every scene its own colour. The story is light and holds few surprises, but its 89 minutes of holiday air feel like a heart-warming trip back in time.

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

An old Yeşilçam comedy, 89 minutes long, full of sea and holiday air. For grown-ups it is an enjoyable film packed with familiar faces. One thing to know, though: the hero is a womaniser who gets close to another girl while he is engaged. Even told lightly, that may be an awkward thing to explain to small children. It suits teenagers and adults better. Grandparents will probably be delighted to see the old stars again.

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

Directed by Orhan Aksoy and produced by Türker İnanoğlu, Canikom applies the Yeşilçam romantic-comedy formula with flawless discipline: a meet-cute built on coincidences, an intruding fiancée, complications piling up in the second half. That is as much a limit as a compliment; the script rarely leaves the familiar mould. Çetin Gürtop's colour 35 mm photography makes the seaside atmosphere of Şile the film's liveliest element. Cüneyt Arkın playing two characters opens an interesting space, but the period practice of having another artist voice him makes it hard for today's viewer to judge the performance. An instructive example of the era's commercial cinema.

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