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Bliss (2007)

Mutluluk (original title)
| Drama | 16 March 2007 (Turkey)
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Condemned to death to salvage her family's honor, a young rape victim escapes to a seaside town with the man tasked with her execution.

Director:

Abdullah Oguz

Writers:

Elif Ayan, Zülfü Livaneli (novel) | 3 more credits »

Stars:

Talat Bulut, Özgü Namal, Murat Han | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Talat Bulut ... Irfan
Özgü Namal ... Meryem
Murat Han ... Cemal
Mustafa Avkiran ... Ali Riza
Emin Gürsoy ... Tahsin
Sebnem Köstem ... Döne
Meral Çetinkaya ... Münevver
Erol Babaoglu ... Yakup
Lale Mansur ... Aysel
Emel Göksu ... Gülizar Ebe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alpay K. Atalan Alpay K. Atalan ... Selo (as Alpay Atalan)
Leyla Basak Leyla Basak ... Serap (as Lena Leyla Basak)
Ali Ciftel Ali Ciftel ... Old Shepherd
Ugur Izgi Ugur Izgi ... Ali Reza's Man #2
Sevgi Onat Sevgi Onat ... Lady in the Ferry
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Storyline

Condemned to death to salvage her family's honor, a young rape victim escapes to a seaside town with the man tasked with her execution.

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

rape | tradition versus modernity | forced suicide | honor killing | women's rights | See All (79) »

Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Turkey | Greece

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Turkey) See more »

Also Known As:

Aperanti eftyhia See more »

Filming Locations:

Bodrum, Turkey See more »
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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,039, 9 August 2009, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$39,203, 31 January 2010
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Company Credits

Production Co:

ANS Production, Highway Productions, Eurimages See more »
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Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Böyledir Bizim Sevdamiz
Written by Zülfü Livaneli
Performed by Zara Yilmaz (as Zara)
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A Powerful Film which Loses the Plot
3 November 2009 | by cgyford – See all my reviews

Turkish filmmaker Abdullah Oguz adapts the Zulfu Livaneli ("Iron Earth, Copper Sky", "Mist" & "Shahmaran") novel of the same title into a powerful movie that won prizes at the 2008 Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg, the 2008 Miami International Film Festival and the 2007 Prix Odyssee Human Rights Award from the European Council.

The ephemeral Ozgu Namal puts in a powerfully nuanced performance as the young girl raped and them condemned to death by honour killing whilst Murat Han is uneasy as her star-crossed lover ordered to perform the act, and Talat Bulut curiously out of place as the Professor bored of his own storyline, who joins theirs.

The director creates a moving first act as the almost silent Namal is condemned by all around her in an act of barbarity still far to common in modern Turkey but when Bulunt insinuates himself into the plot things turn into a second rate remake of "Knife in the Water" and lead to an all to predictable denouement.

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