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Playing House (Evcilik Oyunu)

Playing House (Evcilik Oyunu) (translated)

Movie · 1975 · 21 people

Orhan Aksoy's 1975 Turkish comedy Evcilik Oyunu ("Playing House") is built on love, jealousy and a sham marriage. The screenplay is by Safa Önal and Türker İnanoğlu produced it for Erler Film. The colour film runs 92 minutes, with music by Bora Ayanoğlu. Bubikoğlu and Akan lead.

The story starts with two young people betrothed since the cradle who have never met. Nazlı (Gülşen Bubikoğlu) is the daughter of rich businessman Mümtaz (Hulusi Kentmen); Adnan (Tarık Akan) is the son of Mümtaz's old friend Rıfkı. Her father wants her to marry Adnan, but Nazlı refuses, scorns his family and leaves home. Adnan does not want the match either, but, irked by her attitude, decides to play a game and tracks her down. At a hotel he passes himself off as a boat owner, while Nazlı plays a tourist. When Adnan, fleeing police, hides in her room, she offers him money for a sham thirty-day marriage.

After the deal, the couple go to her father's house, Adnan acting boorish all the way. At the party in the groom's honour his relatives turn up, and when Nazlı's friend Esin (Hülya Tuğlu) grows close to Adnan, Nazlı regrets the marriage. Games, misunderstandings and jealousy fill the rest.

DirectorOrhan Aksoy
Production companyErler Film

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Gülşen Bubikoğlu Gülşen Bubikoğlu Actor · 71 years old Nazlı Yavuz Tarık Akan Tarık Akan Actor · died at 66 Adnan Hulusi Kentmen Hulusi Kentmen Actor · died at 82 Mümtaz Yavuz Hülya Tuğlu Mürüvvet Sim Mümtaz Ener Mümtaz Ener Actor · died at 81 Rıfkı Sami Hazinses Actor · died at 76 Sami Haluk Orçun Kubilay Hakan Günfer Feray Ekrem Dümer Ekrem Dümer Actor · died at 71 Jeweler Reşit Çıldam Muzaffer Yenen Ali Demir Hakkı Kıvanç Hakkı Kıvanç Actor · died at 83 Prisoner Erol Günaydın Erol Günaydın Actor · died at 79 Süheyl Eğriboz Süheyl Eğriboz Actor · died at 86 Güler Ökten Güler Ökten Film actor · 84 years old Zafer Önen Zafer Önen Actor · died at 92 Şener Şen Şener Şen Actor · 84 years old Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Actor · died at 95

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

A betrothal arranged in the cradle, two young people who have never met and a sham marriage: all the endearing ingredients of 1970s Yeşilçam romantic comedy are here. In stories like this from Safa Önal's pen, the real pleasure lies less in who turns out to be right than in watching two stubborn young people slowly let go of their pride. When jealousy and misunderstandings are kept in proportion, the game becomes warm entertainment. Eyes used to today's fast comedies may find it naive; for someone raised on the classics, that very innocence is what makes it precious.

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

The film is close to a textbook case of a template Yeşilçam used again and again in those years: a forced betrothal, a game of false identities, a sham marriage under contract and a jealousy triangle on top. Önal's script fits the pieces together neatly, but takes none of them beyond the template. Having both sides pose as someone else at the hotel is fertile ground for a comedy in which both leads are lying; as the story goes on, though, it moves forward by piling up misunderstandings rather than building any new tension. The result is a well-made but surprise-free formula comedy.

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

A light Yeşilçam comedy you can watch comfortably with the family; there are no heavy themes, just love, jealousy and games. The idea of a sham marriage paid for with money may need a little explaining to young children, though. Grandparents will get that old Turkish film flavour, and teenagers will laugh at the two stubborn leads sparring. For the very young, the story may rely too much on talk.

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