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Günce

Movie · 2013 · 11 people

Kemal Uzun and Gürcan Mete Şener co-directed Günce ("The Diary"), a Turkish drama made in 2013. Produced by Akademi Prodüksiyon, the 94-minute film opened on October 4, 2013, distributed by Tiglon. Namık Üstünel wrote the script and is credited as producer alongside Şener and Kemal Öner. Cahit Berkay composed the score, and Gökhan Tanış and Onur Özşeker shot it. At its heart is the bond between a father and his daughter, and the fear of losing her.

The hero is Cengiz (Cemal Hünal), a radio host whose life outside work revolves around his wife and daughter. On a happy Sunday he meets the first of a series of events that overturn his life. Planning a humbler existence afterwards, he finds that his daughter Günce gives everything meaning. As the years pass, father and daughter grow up together, until he faces the risk of losing five-year-old Günce too. Nisa Melis Telli plays Günce and Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu plays Aslı.

The cast includes Levent Sülün (the radio host Namık), Ayça Varlıer (Melike), Ferdi Akarnur (Doctor Hiç), Erdal Küçükkömürcü (the station boss Hüseyin Bey), Pamir Pekin (Doctor Serdar), Mustafa Vural (an insurance adjuster), Serhat Yiğit (a lawyer) and Gürkan Uygun (a paper collector). Singer Haluk Levent appears as himself.

DirectorKemal Uzun, Mete Şener
Production companyAkademi Prodüksiyon
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Cast

Cemal Hünal Cemal Hünal Actor · 50 years old Radyocu Cengiz Mustafa Vural Mustafa Vural Actor · 41 years old Sigorta Eksperi Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu Actor · 37 years old Aslı Pamir Pekin Pamir Pekin Actor · 47 years old Dr. Serdar Alp Eren Khamis Alp Eren Khamis Actor · 23 years old Levent Sülün Levent Sülün Actor · 51 years old Namık Özay Fecht Özay Fecht Actor · 72 years old Mother-in-law Erdal Küçükkömürcü Erdal Küçükkömürcü Actor · 68 years old Hüseyin Gürkan Uygun Gürkan Uygun Actor · 52 years old Kağıtçı Ayça Varlıer Ayça Varlıer Actor · 49 years old Melike Güven Haluk Levent Haluk Levent Singer · 57 years old Himself

Also in the cast: Ferdi Akarnur, Serhat Yiğit, Nisa Melis Telli (Günce)

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

An emotional family drama about the bond between a father and his daughter. The subject is heavy: a man whose life is turned upside down, and the fear of losing his five-year-old daughter. It may be too sad and worrying for young children. For teenagers and adults, it's a film to watch together and talk about afterwards. Keep tissues nearby; it's an evening for being moved more than for laughing.

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

Günce is a melodrama that puts the father-daughter bond and the fear of loss at its center and plays openly for emotion. Squeezing a story that spans years into ninety-four minutes inevitably compresses the narrative; events can follow one another before they have built up their dramatic weight. Cahit Berkay's score is the strongest carrier of feeling, though at times it seems to be doing the work the scene itself should do. Cemal Hünal plays the shaken radio host, whose life runs between work and family, without showiness. In the end it is a sincere film that will find its audience, but it takes no formal risks and rarely tries to step beyond the conventions of its genre.

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

Stories of a father's devotion to his child have been one of the most heartfelt veins of our cinema ever since Yeşilçam's tearful family dramas. Günce draws on that same vein: a father who settles for a humbler life and finds all meaning in his daughter. Cahit Berkay's music recalls the warmth of the songs in those older films. Haluk Levent appearing as himself is a pleasant surprise. The emotion is laid on a little thick in places, but this is a film whose heart is in the right place.

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