This film is truly marvelous, very emotional and dark. I wanted to ask whether others think it has a chance for Oscar success. Turkish films have traditionally been ignored by the Oscars and Hollywood and the American mainstream society, but this film looks like it can change that tide.
shareIt really deserves that oscar, at least, the nomination!
This film has everything, indeed, an incredible emotion, a first class acting and the realities of turkey..
"The FIPRESCI award went to the perfect marriage between a genre and a national tradition (Turkish screen melodrama) and the performance of Meltem Cumbul in Lovelorn (Gonul Yarasi). The Turkish star presented her film to the audience in Palm Springs as a perfect American – in jeans and sneakers, speaking English almost with a local accent. On screen she was clearly a diva playing a poor singer-hostess and beaten wife desperately in love with an elderly retired teacher-turned-taxi driver (Sener Sen). Her acting technique and screen presence were at least equal to those of her famous partner, Sen.
Singer, TV-host, soap opera star and powerful dramatic actress, Meltem Cumbul combined in a single performance her multiple talents and created a memorable character in the framework of a specific genre, national by its roots but universally appealing.
Kirill Razlogov
© FIPRESCI 2006"
The overall movie I found a bit flat, but Timucin Esen surely at least deserves an Oscar nomination for his acting, truly wonderful!