Unconscious Love (Şuursuz Aşk) (translated)

Inside the closed world of a psychiatric hospital, Şuursuz Aşk blends drama and romance in a Turkish film made in 2019. It tells a melancholy love story in which two people marked by deep psychological wounds meet in the same corridors and, under harsh conditions, slowly move closer to one another. The picture opened in Turkish cinemas on December 27, 2019, and across its 115-minute running time most of the action stays within the hospital walls.

At one end of the story stands Menekşe, a young woman who has been receiving treatment at the hospital for a long time. At the other is Yusuf, who lost his mental health after the torture he endured and is sent to the same institution. Their paths cross there, and before long a romance begins to take shape between them. İsmail Hacıoğlu and Ebru Şahin share the lead roles, and the cast also includes Burcu Kara, Tuncer Salman, Ruhi Sarı, Erdal Ayna, Seher Terzi, Ali Buhara Mete and Emir Benderlioğlu.

Umut Ertek both wrote the screenplay and directed the film. The music was composed by Yıldıray Gürgen, and the color grading was handled by Çağlar Özlek. At the Turkish box office the film drew 76,251 viewers and earned 1,374,752 TL.