Kiss of Life (Hayat Öpücüğü) (translated)

Şenol Sönmez directed Hayat Öpücüğü (Kiss of Life), a 2015 Turkish romantic comedy. BKM produced it and Mars Entertainment Group distributed it. It opened on October 9, 2015, and runs 102 minutes. Ali Sunal and Hatice Şendil share the leads, and the film was Şendil's first screen experience. It fell short of box-office expectations, drawing 127,446 viewers in total.

At its center is Metin (Ali Sunal), who struggles to connect with people because of his obsessions, is terrified of adventure and illness and lives dependent on hospitals. One day he meets the lively young Hayat (Hatice Şendil). Their relationship begins with quarrels, grows into love and changes Metin's whole life; through Hayat he discovers that breathing is more than just surviving. The film asks whether two people who love life so much and fear it so much can be happy together despite every obstacle. Ayda Aksel plays Hayat's mother and Janset plays Dr. Ayça, with Ahmet Saraçoğlu, Zerrin Sümer, Somer Karvan and Mehmetcan Mincinozlu also in the cast.

Saygın Delibaş and Fethi Kantarcı wrote the screenplay. The producer was Necati Akpınar and the cinematographer Cengiz Fazlıoğlu; the music is by Cem Erman and H. Barış Diri. Sönmez had previously worked on the series Huzur Sokağı.