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Aşk ve Kin

Love and Grudge (Aşk ve Kin)

Movie · 1964 · 4 people

Turgut Demirağ directed, wrote and produced Aşk ve Kin (Love and Grudge), a black-and-white Turkish drama made in 1964. The production company is And Film, and Gani Turanlı handled the cinematography. Running about 90 minutes, it is classed as drama and sentimental cinema. Its premise is simple enough to state in one line: a man crippled in a traffic accident on his wedding night, and his ill-fated wife.

The cast is made up of familiar Yeşilçam faces. Belgin Doruk is Cahide Yalın, the film's central figure. Turgut Özatay plays Zihni Yalın, Leyla Sayar plays Nevin Yalın and Cüneyt Arkın plays Doktor Kadri Ersoy. Senih Orkan appears as Feridun Yalın, with Feridun Çölgeçen as a lawyer, T. Fikret Uçak as the public prosecutor Hikmet Konuk, İlhan Hemşeri as Doktor Kemal Emin and Afif Yesari as a servant. The actors were dubbed in the studio: Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm voices Belgin Doruk, Fuat İşhan voices Cüneyt Arkın and Alev Koral voices Leyla Sayar.

The film won Best Film at the 2nd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 1965 and was also entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. These honours place it among the award-winning productions of Turgut Demirağ's career.

DirectorTurgut Demirağ
Production companyAnd Film

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Belgin Doruk Belgin Doruk Actor · died at 58 Cahide Yalın Leyla Sayar Leyla Sayar Actor · died at 76 Nevin Yalın Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Doktor Kadri Ersoy Turgut Özatay Turgut Özatay Actor · died at 74 Zihni Yalın

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

Aşk ve Kin is one of those Yeşilçam dramas that load great emotion onto a simple story. A man disabled in an accident on his wedding night and his ill-fated wife: so plain a premise can only stand on strong acting, and Belgin Doruk, Turgut Özatay and Cüneyt Arkın are a cast that can carry it. Winning Best Film at the 2nd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival shows how seriously it was taken in its day. Today's audience may find it too mournful, but for anyone who misses the warmth of the old dramas it is a treasure.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Directed, written and produced by Turgut Demirağ, Aşk ve Kin sets out to stretch a one-sentence premise into a ninety-minute drama. That simplicity is both strength and risk: when all the conflict rests on the characters' inner lives, the danger of sliding into melodrama grows. Gani Turanlı's black-and-white photography gives this closed world a fitting ground. The period practice of recording voices later in the studio, however, keeps some of the performances' nuance at a distance from today's viewer. The Golden Orange for Best Film and the Moscow selection give it a special place in Demirağ's career, but this is a classic that asks for patience.

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

Aşk ve Kin is a heavy drama about a marriage changed by an accident on the wedding night. The subject is sad and centred on adult concerns. Young children will most likely get bored. It suits a quiet evening with grandparents who love old films. Teenagers may find it a slow, black-and-white affair.

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