Dissolutions (Çözülmeler) (translated)

The Turkish drama Çözülmeler ("Dissolutions") came out on 6 May 1994. It looks at the inner lives of people who lived through the coups of 12 March and 12 September and tells, at the scale of one story, the damage such upheavals leave on conscience and love. It was shot on 35 mm colour film and runs about 100 minutes.

At its centre is Uğur, an accountant played by Tarık Akan. He cannot adapt to the new social values that rose after the coups, and he carries a heavy guilt: he drew his younger brother into political struggle, and the brother was executed. Uğur writes a novel about this reckoning, and then meets Nihal, an acquaintance from his pre-12 September circle. Nihal, played by Nurseli İdiz, lives with her husband's parents while her husband is in prison for a political offence. Their troubles mirror each other, so an innocent solidarity grows into a passionate love. But social pressure builds, the husband's release nears, and the two are pushed down a road with no return.

Director Yusuf Kurçenli wrote the screenplay with Cezmi Ersöz and shared the producing with Dinçer Sipahi. The music is by Cem İdiz, the cinematography by Colin Mounier, with editing by İsmail Kalkan.