Hatred (Nefret) (translated)

Osman F. Seden wrote and directed the Turkish drama Nefret ("Hatred") in 1984. Kadri Yurdatap produced it for Mine Film. Shot in color on 35 mm, it has Orhan Oğuz as cinematographer. Fatma Girik, Hülya Avşar, Bulut Aras and Metin Serezli play the leads. The film portrays a troubled relationship between a mother and her daughter.

Fatma lives a rich life with her husband Metin. When she learns he has been unfaithful, she divorces him. Their only daughter Hülya holds her mother responsible for the divorce. She spends her days in drink and drug circles and ignores her worried mother. When Fatma begins a relationship with the businessman Fikret, Hülya decides to take revenge on her mother. Discos, nightclubs, a hashish party, money and a mother's heart are among the elements of the story's world.

Fatma Girik plays Fatma, Hülya Avşar plays Hülya, Bulut Aras is Fikret and Metin Serezli is Metin. Nubar Terziyan is the accountant and Reha Yurdakul the creditor, Mine Soysal plays Aytül and Ali Demir the judge. Seden himself has a brief role as the prosecutor. The editing is by Nevzat Dişiaçık. As was usual then, Hülya Avşar was dubbed by Aliye Uzunatağan and Bulut Aras by Zafer Ergin.