Cinema
Bir Yudum Sevgi
Atıf Yılmaz · 1984
Synopsis
Aygül has four children and a husband, Cuma, idle and a gambler, who does not provide for the household, according to the Humanities Institute. To feed her family, she becomes a factory worker. There she grows close to Cemal, a worker who is also married to a woman who does not fulfil him. Salt summarises the film as a woman's struggle for her independence while she raises her children alone, without her husband's help, in the social order of the Turkey of those years.
Context
The screenplay is by the director and by Fehmi Yaşar; the Humanities Institute adds the novelist Latife Tekin. Hale Soygazi plays Aygül, Kadir İnanır Cemal and Macit Koper the husband; the cinematography is by Çetin Tunca, the music by Yalçın Tura and the art direction by Gülsün Karamustafa, according to Salt. The director co-produced the film.
Who it is for
A film in Turkish of about an hour and a half, shown by Salt in Istanbul in 2016 with English subtitles.
Prizes and reception
Five prizes at the 21st Antalya festival, including Best Film, Director and Actress, and Best Turkish Film at the Istanbul festival.
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