Güz sancisi (2009)

Director:

Tomris Giritlioglu

Writers:

Ali Ulvi Hünkar (writer)
Yilmaz Karakoyunlu (novel)

Release Date:

23 January 2009 (Turkey)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

"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. |

Plot Keywords:

Istanbul | Rum | Based On Novel

Cast

Murat Yildirim	...	Behçet
Okan Yalabik	...	Suat
Beren Saat	...	Elena
Belcim 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
Tansu Biçer	...	Demonstrator
Adnan Biricik	...	Commissioner
Sahnaz Cakiralp	...	Piraye
Necmettin Çobanoglu	...	Demonstrator
Emrah Elçiboga	...	Demonstrator
Emre Erkan	...	Demonstrator
Bayazit Gülercan
Demir Karahan	...	Restaurant guest
Kosta Kortidis	...	Dialect Coach
Zuhal Olcay
Kadir Özdal	...	Demonstrator
Ruhi Sari	...	Demonstrator
Onur Saylak
Engin Senkan	...	Colonel
Bora Sivri	...	Demonstrator
Gazanfer Ündüz	...	Restaurant guest
Avni Yalçin	...	Yorgo

Also Known As:

Pains of Autumn (International: English title)

Runtime:

Turkey:112 min (original version)

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

C Yapim Filmcilik Produksiyon

Trivia:

It was originally planned to shoot the film in 2002, but for various reasons it was postponed and finally shot in 2008.

Soundtrack:

Talan

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:)