Issiz adam (2008)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Çagan Irmak

Writer:

Çagan Irmak (written by)

Release Date:

7 November 2008 (Turkey)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Tells about those people whose lives have been isolated by modern lifestyles; It is also Foods, mothers, old songs and love that this movie is consists of.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Wedding | Ex Lover | Istanbul | Cooking

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Melis Birkan	...	Ada
Cemal Hunal	...	Alper
Yildiz Kültür	...	Müzeyyen
Serif Bozkurt	...	Senol
Gözde Kansu	...	Sinem
Goncagül Sunar	...	Customer
Asli Aybars	...	Yasemin
Veda Yurtsever Ipek
Necla Fide	...	Seyma

Also Known As:

Alone (Europe: English title) (festival title) (Turkey: Turkish title) (literal title)

Runtime:

Turkey:113 min

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

Most Production

Trivia:

In one scene the voice of Stefan Raab can be heard as his show 'TV Total' with Beyaz as a guest plays in the background.

Quotes:

Alper: Ada, I've been through a lot. I've wasted a lot of things. Myself, life, everything. I won't get improved. I'm living with a virus in my veins. I don't want to be a part of anybody's life. And i don't want anybody to be a part of my life. This is me...

A leading man only a mother could love

Popular Turkish television writer-director Çağan Irmak best known for his series "Çemberimde Gül Oya" and "Asmalı Konak", proved his popular appeal with this particularly modern take on the somewhat overdone Rom-Com genre that has a peculiarly Turkish bent which makes it well worth seeking out for anyone who wants an insight into that country's attitudes to love and sex.

Cemal Hunal certainly looks the part of a romantic lead as Alper and is not without his charms but the character he plays is so thoroughly repellent that it is impossible to cheer for him as he attempt to woo the feisty Melis Birkan as Ada, who one can't help but feel should have known better, under the kindly gaze of the brilliant but underutilised Yildiz Kültür as Alper's mother.

The filmmakers through in a fair few laughs, normally at Alpers expense, but these mostly relate to his degenerate sexual escapades and do nothing to endear him to the audience and it is this lack of pathos that was for me this films ultimate undoing as even at the end I could barely shed a tear when the film lived up to its English language title by leaving him alone.

I'm living with tainted blood.