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You Burned Me (Yaktın Beni)

You Burned Me (Yaktın Beni) (translated)

Movie · 2015 · 15 people

Can Yücel, son of veteran actor Uğur Yücel, made his first film as director with the Turkish comedy Yaktın Beni (You Burned Me). It blends comedy, drama and romance. Uğraş Güneş wrote the script, TMC Film produced it and UIP distributed it. Shooting began on April 17, and the film opened in cinemas on October 16, 2015.

At the center is Selam, a firefighter who rebuilt his life after losing his family and whose dream is to marry İpek, his girlfriend of many years. Just as he nears that goal, his uncle Macit, unseen for years, turns up and moves into Selam's home. Macit's falling for Leyla complicates matters further. Uğur Yücel plays Macit, Sarp Apak Selam, Sinem Kobal İpek and Meltem Cumbul Leyla; Sezai Aydın is Raif, Hasibe Eren Ayyuş, Bülent Şakrak the chief and Ayça Damgacı Maria.

Yıldıray Gürgen and Tevfik Kulak wrote the music, Tolga Kutlar shot it and Erol Avcı produced it. Ulaş Cihan Şimşek edited, Zuhal Kozak designed the costumes and Erol Taştan was art director. One critic found a solid film language for a debut feature and stressed how much of that success owed to Uğur Yücel's presence as the director's father.

DirectorCan Yücel
Production companyTMC Film
You Burned Me (Yaktın Beni) You Burned Me (Yaktın Beni)

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Sarp Apak Sarp Apak Actor · 45 years old Selam Uğur Yücel Uğur Yücel Actor · 69 years old Macit Meltem Cumbul Meltem Cumbul Actor · 57 years old Leyla Sinem Kobal Sinem Kobal Actor · 39 years old İpek Hasibe Eren Hasibe Eren Actor · 51 years old Ayyuş Sezai Aydın Raif Ozan Özcan Feridun Can Tarakçı Firefighter Emre Çağrı Akbaba Yağız Kılınç Burak Ayça Damgacı Ayça Damgacı Actor · 53 years old Maria Bülent Şakrak Bülent Şakrak Actor · 49 years old Amir Fedon Self Dilek Genç Anıl Öztürk

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

A warm comedy that suits a busy family evening. A young man holding on after losing his family, and everything that happens once his uncle moves in, put laughter and family ties side by side. The theme of grief may need a little explaining to young children, though. Romance also takes up a lot of the film, so teenagers and adults will get the most out of it.

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

The film language one critic found solid for a debut is genuinely there: the storytelling is tidy and the images are handsome. The real test, though, is the shifts between genres. Trying to carry comedy, drama and romance at once, the script swings between grief and laughter and does not always keep its tone balanced. Running two love stories side by side also blunts the main conflict. Uğur Yücel's presence lends the film weight, but that weight also keeps the young director's own voice from coming through; at times it reads like a son's first work standing in his father's shadow. A sound start, but too early to call it a signature.

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To my mind the most interesting thing here is how the film looks at kinship in a Turkish family. An uncle unseen for years who turns up and moves in might simply be turned away in another culture; here he is both a burden that can hardly be refused and a kind of refuge. A firefighter who lost his family and built his life alone, caught between his marriage plans and this open-ended stay, captures the tension between personal plans and family duty well. Making the hero a firefighter also places him as an ordinary working city dweller, giving the story an everyday footing.

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