Pains of Autumn (2009)
"Güz sancisi" (original title)

"When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the " Events of September 6th-7th in 1955.

Director:

Tomris Giritlioglu

Writers:

Ali Ulvi Hünkar, Yilmaz Karakoyunlu (novel),

Stars:

Murat Yildirim, Okan Yalabik, Beren Saat

Cast

Credited cast:
Murat Yildirim	...	Behçet
Okan Yalabik	...	Suat
Beren Saat	...	Elena
Belçim Bilgin	...	Nemika
Umut Kurt	...	Ferit
Zeliha Berksoy	...	Grandmother
Kenan Bal	...	Ömer Saruhan
Ilker Aksum	...	Ismet
Tuncel Kurtiz	...	Kamil
Hüseyin Avni Danyal	...	Kenan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Engin Alkan	...	Shop owner
Gökhan Bekletenler
Cem Bender	...	Doctor
Adnan Biricik	...	Commissioner
Tansu Biçer	...	Demonstrator

Storyline

"When a nationalistic wealthy landowner's idealist son falls for a non-muslim prostitute, he finds himself in a conflict between his feelings and politics under the shadow of the " Events of September 6th-7th in 1955.

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Plot Keywords:

rum | istanbul turkey | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

23 January 2009 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

Güz sancisi - Herbstleid

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company Credits

Production Co:

C Yapim Filmcilik Produksiyon, aSis Yapim

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min 112 min (original)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After editing the first episode of the series Asi, director Tomris Giritlioglu offered the part of Behçet to Murat Yildirim.

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Soundtracks

"Yuzlesme"

User Reviews

good overall

First of all, as in the other movie of Giritlioglu "Salkım Hanımın Taneleri", this movie's focus was balanced between the life of the main character Behcet and the historical events of 6-7 September 1955. When I first saw the trailer, I thought that the movie was going to be as good as the Turkish series "Hatırla Sevgili" which included more elements of history. But Guz Sancisi has a more micro focus and it shows the effects of the events on Behcet's life. A macro focus with a more detailed history would have been more interesting. Well someone could argue that this is the function of documentary. However I think that this kind of movies should not be shading the history element by using the love element. And the character Behcet seemed to me, that it was taken from another movie: his weakness, his obedience, his incapability to save his friends... Anyway, I had dreamed of more of the subject

About the performance of the actors, I would like to say that it was very good. Turkish actors and actresses successfully performs their characters. I congratulate them for such a nice show. And the screening was beautiful, the streets of Pera were amazing. The sound might have been better, I quite didn't understand what Elena said until the end of her sentence when she was speaking to Behcet. Anyway, overall the movie deserves a nice 7:)