Selim is a paperboy who delivers the morning papers with his truck. He buys a walkie talkie to find find a friend. His codename is "The Handsome". After a while he meets the girl and they start a relationship. It is hard for them to get married.
Acting
Kemal Sunal's physical comedy is pure unfiltered energy.
Writing
Walkie-talkie as matchmaker — accidentally poetic.
Director
Orhan Aksoy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kemal Sunal made over 80 films and became Turkey's most beloved comedian; this was mid-career deep cut territory.
The walkie-talkie craze hit 1980s Turkey as symbols of modernity and class aspiration — Selim's gadget is basically a status symbol.
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