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Green Light (Yeşil Işık)

Green Light (Yeşil Işık)

Movie · 2002 · 17 people

Yeşil Işık (Green Light) is a 2002 Turkish film written and directed by Faruk Aksoy, a romantic drama with a fantasy premise. Described as an independent production, it opened in Turkey on April 5, 2002. Aksoy was its writer, producer and director.

The story follows Elif, played by Hülya Avşar, and Ali, played by Kenan Işık. Elif is a married woman who has just found out her husband is cheating; Ali is an investor close to a risky deal that could pay off hugely. They meet in a bookshop and both buy the same book, Yeşil Işık. After the stock market falls apart following September 11, Ali loses his money, has a heart attack and dies in hospital. He is turned away on the other side and cannot go back, because his liver has been transplanted into someone else. His guardian angel Yakup, played by Haldun Dormen, tells him the liver is in Elif's body and that his only way out is to kill her.

In supporting parts are Sema Atalay (Yeşim), Çolpan İlhan (Lamia), Uğur Kıvılcım (Gönül), İlker İnanoğlu (Mehmet), Cengiz Küçükayvaz, Deniz Akkaya, Arda Kural, Eşref Kolçak, Yasemin Kozanoğlu and Doğa Bekleriz. For this part Atalay received the 2002 Golden Orange award for best supporting actress.

DirectorFaruk Aksoy

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Arda Kural Arda Kural Actor · 46 years old Cengiz Küçükayvaz Cengiz Küçükayvaz Actor · 58 years old Çolpan İlhan Çolpan İlhan Actor · died at 77 Deniz Akkaya Deniz Akkaya Actor · 49 years old Türk Melek Doğa Bekleriz Doğa Bekleriz Actor · 48 years old Eşref Kolçak Eşref Kolçak Actor · died at 92 Haldun Dormen Haldun Dormen Actor · died at 97 Yakup Hülya Avşar Hülya Avşar Actor · 63 years old Elif Kenan Işık Kenan Işık Actor · died at 76 Ali Yasemin Kozanoğlu Yasemin Kozanoğlu Actor · 48 years old Ayumi Takano Ayumi Takano Actor · 53 years old Olgun Şimşek Olgun Şimşek Actor · 55 years old İpek Tenolcay İpek Tenolcay Actor · 56 years old Serra Yılmaz Serra Yılmaz Actor · 72 years old Ezel Akay Ezel Akay Film director · 65 years old Sedat Mert Sedat Mert Actor · born 1975 Yiğit Özşener Yiğit Özşener Actor · 54 years old

Also in the cast: Sema Atalay (Yeşim), Uğur Kıvılcım, İlker İnanoğlu (Mehmet)

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

A fantastical proposition: a man who dies after the market collapses, is turned away on the other side, and whose only way out is to kill a woman. For an independent production to attempt so ambitious an idea deserves respect. But balancing romantic drama with dark fantasy is hard; it stays unclear when the tone should tip into comedy and when into tragedy. Faruk Aksoy as writer, producer and director brings unity of vision, but also the risk of unchecked sprawl. The award-winning supporting turn is a strength.

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

A fantasy love story, but the subject is not light: a dead man's only way out is to kill a woman. It does not look right for small children. For adults, a curious, odd idea. There are also heavy matters like a market collapse and a heart attack. If you watch as a family, check the children's ages first.

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

A story of loss that starts with the stock market falling apart after September 11: an investor loses his fortune, then his life. The film handles the thin line between money and death within a fantasy frame. A woman betrayed in her marriage and a man on the brink of a risky deal meeting over the same book is an interesting image of the power of coincidence. The fantasy side sometimes overshadows social observation; still, it may appeal to anyone wanting to see the financial anxiety of the early 2000s in a popular story.

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