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Şekerpare

Sugar Pastry (Şekerpare) (translated)

Movie · 1983 · 5 people

Turkish comedy Şekerpare, with a musical streak, was directed in 1983 by Atıf Yılmaz. It transfers Turgut Özakman's stage play Bir Şehnaz Oyun to the screen, with a script by Yavuz Turgul, production by Ertem Eğilmez and Arzu Film behind it. The film opened on 1 April 1983 and was shot in colour on 35 mm stock.

The story unfolds in Ottoman-era Istanbul, around the Galata quarter. Chief inspector Ziver (Şener Şen) and his assistant Hurşit extort the local tradesmen and have created a climate of fear that nobody can challenge. Cumali (İlyas Salman) is a night watchman exiled to the city for being honest; naive as he is, he assumes Ziver is as upright as he is. Ziver, meanwhile, has got his foster daughter Peyker (Ayşen Gruda) pregnant and needs a husband for her to bury the scandal, and Cumali's loyalty makes him the ideal candidate. Then Cumali wanders into a brothel and meets Şekerpare, played by Yaprak Özdemiroğlu, and the inspector's plans fall apart.

Şevket Altuğ (Hurşit), Neriman Köksal (Letafet), Serra Yılmaz (Mahmure), Hüseyin Kutman, Berrin Koper and Ahmet Turgutlu round out the cast. The music is by Mutlu Torun and the cinematography by Ertunç Şenkay.

DirectorAtıf Yılmaz
Production companyArzu Film
Sugar Pastry (Şekerpare)

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Ayşen Gruda Ayşen Gruda Actor · died at 74 İlyas Salman İlyas Salman Actor · 77 years old Şener Şen Şener Şen Actor · 84 years old Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz Actor · 72 years old Yaprak Özdemiroğlu Yaprak Özdemiroğlu Film actor · 63 years old

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

Şekerpare brings together the golden generation of Turkish comedy: Atıf Yılmaz directing, a Yavuz Turgul script, Ertem Eğilmez producing and a solid story taken from Turgut Özakman's play. Şener Şen's Ziver is both menacing and comic, and İlyas Salman's naive Cumali is the touching face of good faith. Mutlu Torun's music wraps Ottoman Galata in a sweet colour. Some jokes may feel too risqué by today's standards, but this picture of honesty standing up to corruption keeps its rightful place among our classics.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Şekerpare is set in the Galata quarter of Ottoman-era Istanbul, yet it builds a universal satire of patronage and abuse of authority. Chief inspector Ziver extorting the tradesmen and creating a climate of fear no one dares challenge shows how power decays when it goes unchecked. That a night watchman exiled for his honesty falls into this order is the irony of a system that does not reward integrity. The hunt for a husband to bury a scandal is an indirect comment on the period's idea of honour and on women's place. It is a measured period comedy that in 1983 got its audience thinking about the present through the past.

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

Şekerpare is a colourful comedy with music, full of much-loved actors. Watching Şener Şen and İlyas Salman is a pleasure, and the grandparents may already know it. However, the plot involves a pregnancy outside marriage and part of the story takes place in a brothel. Some of the jokes are aimed at adults too. So it is not for young children; it is better watched with teenagers and adults.

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