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You Are My Everything (Sen Benim HerŞeyimsin)

You Are My Everything (Sen Benim HerŞeyimsin) (translated)

Movie · 2016 · 6 people

Tolga Örnek wrote and directed the comedy Sen Benim HerŞeyimsin (You Are My Everything), released on December 9, 2016. An adaptation of the Mexican film Instructions Not Included (Çocuk Büyütme Rehberi in Turkish), it moves a father-and-daughter story into a local setting. It drew about 355,000 admissions and roughly 4.1 million lira at the box office, and runs 107 minutes.

Sedat lost his father young and inherited his advice that fear cannot be beaten without looking it in the eye. In Çıralı, still unable to beat his own fears, he drifts between casual jobs and fleeting relationships. His calm routine ends when Pınar, one of those partners, leaves a baby in his arms and vanishes. Sedat moves to Istanbul, finds work through Birol, and his life now revolves around his little girl. The fairy-tale routine of father and daughter is upended when the mother reappears.

Tolga Çevik takes the lead, with Cengiz Bozkurt, Melis Birkan and Çevik's daughter Tuna Çevik. Hülya Gülşen Irmak (Ezgi), Cem Cücenoğlu (Şadan) and Reha Özcan are also in the cast. Örnek is known for the documentaries Hititler and Gelibolu, and for Devrim Arabaları and Kaybedenler Kulübü.

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Hülya Gülşen Irmak Hülya Gülşen Irmak Actor · 61 years old Ezgi Cem Cücenoğlu Cem Cücenoğlu Actor · 50 years old Şadan Cengiz Bozkurt Cengiz Bozkurt Actor · 60 years old Birol Reha Özcan Reha Özcan Actor · 61 years old Cesur Tolga Çevik Tolga Çevik Actor · 52 years old Sedat Melis Birkan Melis Birkan Actor · 44 years old

Also in the cast: Tuna Çevik (Duygu)

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

A man whose father died young has a baby left in his arms and his life takes shape around his little daughter: a warm vein, since the love between father and daughter works in any era. The fairy-tale quality of that arrangement recalls older films. Tolga Çevik's real-life daughter Tuna Çevik being in the cast may add sincerity. But because this is an adaptation of a foreign film, it needs to find a local spirit that carries tears and laughter together; if the sentiment turns artificial, the warmth is lost.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

A man tossed between day jobs and passing relationships in Çıralı moves to Istanbul and finds work for the sake of his little daughter, showing a move from small-town life to the big city and a father who takes on the labor of care. It opens an interesting door on gender roles, since parenting is told through the father. The mother's reappearance sets the ground for a measured debate about family and responsibility. As an adaptation of the Mexican Instructions Not Included, how far this picture has been localized is a separate question.

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

Tolga Örnek wrote and directed; for someone known for the documentaries Hititler and Gelibolu, and for Devrim Arabaları and Kaybedenler Kulübü, turning to a fairy-tale-like father-and-daughter comedy is an interesting change of direction. The adaptation's risk is sticking to the source film's structure without finding an original voice. The balance between the storybook order and everyday realism is tested first of all in the editing and in the tonal shifts. When the mother reappears, the comedy and the melodrama must not weigh on each other; if that balance fails, the film splits into two. The answer lies in how well he uses the advantage of writing and directing being in the same hands.

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