The Waterfall is a 2001 Turkish comedy-drama film, written and directed by Semir Aslanyürek, about a famous painter returning to his hometown to remember his childhood in a politically divided home just before the 1960 military coup d'état. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was described by author Rekin Teksoy

Rekin Teksoy

Rekin Teksoy is a Turkish lawyer, author and translator.- Career :Teksoy taught courses in Istanbul University’s Communications Faculty on Art of Cinema and Cinema and Literature Relations for over twenty years. He served on the executive board of Turkish Cinematech Association...

 as a "lively, fresh look at the director's childhood."

Cast

• Hülya Koçyiğit
  Hülya Koçyigit
  Hülya Koçyiğit is a famous Turkish actress. She is considered to be one of Turkish cinema's most famous female leads and has received numerous awards such as at the prestigious Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and at various other international film festivals...
  
   as Semra
• Tuncel Kurtiz
  Tuncel Kurtiz
  Tuncel Kurtiz is a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright and film director. Since 1964, he has acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.- Biography :...
  
   as Kel Selim
• Aykut Oray
  Aykut Oray
  Aykut Oray was a Turkish actor active between 1963 and 2009. He was, perhaps, best known for his work on the Turkish dramatic comedy series, Bizimkiler. Oray also had a brief career in politics during his later life, becoming a member of the Republican People's Party.Oray was born in Üsküdar,...
  
   as Yusuf Usta
• Ali Sürmeli
  Ali Sürmeli
  -Selected filmography:-External links:*...
  
   as Süleyman
• Ege Aydan as Sami
• Nurgül Yeşilçay
  Nurgül Yesilçay
  Nurgül Yeşilçay, née Gültekin, is a Turkish stage and film actress.-Biography:Nurgül Yeşilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskişehir...
  
   as Nergis
• Enis Aslanyürek as Cemal
• Savaş Yurttaş as Münir Ağa
• Ezel Akay
  Ezel Akay
  Ezel Akay is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.-Life and work:After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Bosporus University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova University....
  
   as Callud
• Zuhal Tatlıcıoğlu as Şehra
• Canan Hoşgör as Cemile