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Kırık Bir Aşk Hikâyesi

Ömer Kavur · 1981

Synopsis

Aysel, a literature teacher from Istanbul, is posted to a small coastal town, Ayvalık according to Bianet. Fuat, son of a notable family whose business is going badly, has just been engaged by the families to Belgin, daughter of the wealthy industrialist Recep. The two meet at the engagement party, according to the Humanities Institute. Distant at first, Aysel grows closer to him, according to Beyazperde, and their affair soon becomes the talk of a town where everything is known.

Context

The director wrote the screenplay with the novelist Selim İleri, and the music is by Cahit Berkay, according to Bianet. Hümeyra plays Aysel and Kadir İnanır plays Fuat. The film was shot in Ayvalık, whose locations Bianet retraces: the house rented by Aysel, the former Taksiyarhis church, the Saatli mosque. Diken notes that it won most of the Golden Oranges of its year without finding its audience in cinemas.

Who it is for

A film in Turkish, one hour thirty-five minutes long, with no known French release or recent screening reported.

Prizes and reception

Third prize and best director prize at the 19th Antalya festival, according to biyografiler.com; Diken speaks of most of the prizes.

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