Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi

A Small September Affair (Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi)

Movie · 2014 · 9 people

Opening on Valentine's Day, 14 February 2014, Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi (A Small September Affair) is a romantic drama. Kerem Deren wrote and directed it for Ay Yapım, with Kerem Çatay as producer and Warner Bros as distributor. It runs 106 minutes. Toygar Işıklı composed the music, and cinematographer Gökhan Tiryaki also contributed to the script. The song Nil Karaibrahimgil recorded for the film stayed at the top of the charts for a long time, and its video was watched 55 million times on YouTube. The film won Best Original Music at the 25th Ankara International Film Festival.

The story begins with Eylül, beautiful, cheerful and fun, who has everything she wants in life. Then something happens to her and she forgets the last month of her life. Family and friends keep saying all is well, but Eylül senses that something is wrong and goes to Bozcaada, chasing the month she cannot remember. On the island a scruffy, strange man she has never seen before calls out to her: Tekin tells her, "You fell in love with me here, on this island."

Farah Zeynep Abdullah plays Eylül and Engin Akyürek plays Tekin. The cast also includes Ceren Moray (Berrak), Onur Tuna (Atıl), Ege Aydan (Eylül's father), Engin Benli (Eylül's doctor) and Hüseyin Pehlivan (Sübye Mehmet).

DirectorKerem Deren
Production companyAy Yapım
A Small September Affair (Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi) A Small September Affair (Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi)

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

Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi is a love story that even names itself with endearing lightness, and it opened on Valentine's Day. A young woman who has lost her memory chasing a missing month to Bozcaada recalls the Yeşilçam romances built on fate and forgetting. Toygar Işıklı's score won an award, and Nil Karaibrahimgil's song sat at the top of the charts for a long time; it is a joy to see the tradition of the film song still alive. Engin Akyürek and Farah Zeynep Abdullah suit this romantic fable too. Only the deep sorrow of our old films gives way here mostly to sweetness.

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

Written and directed by Kerem Deren, the film rests on one of romantic drama's handiest but most fragile devices: memory loss. The setup is clever. As everyone around Eylül insists all is well, her sense of a gap gives the film a light air of mystery. But stories like this depend heavily on the audience's goodwill to be believed, and over 106 minutes that fragility is never fully overcome. Choosing Bozcaada as the setting, and having cinematographer Gökhan Tiryaki contribute to the script as well, show a film that cares about atmosphere. The Best Original Music award in Ankara, meanwhile, hints at how much it relies on music to carry its emotion. In the end, a carefully made romance of limited depth.

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

Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi is a gentle love story that teens and grown-ups can watch together. It is about a young woman trying to recover a month she has forgotten, a sweet story that keeps you curious. Romance is front and centre, so small children may get a bit bored. Teens who like love stories, and anyone who knows the song, will enjoy it most.

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