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“The 1989 Turkish frivolity Arabesk should not be confused with Arabesque, a 1966 American spy thriller. The later film stars two of Turkey’s favorite screen personalities, glamorous leading lady Mujde Ar and funnyman Sener Sen. The two fall in love, much to the dismay of their respective families. The couple’s attempts at finding true happiness is good for several hilarious and touching moments. Arabesk was a huge hit in its country of origin, just as it was intended to be.”

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// Unfortunately cigarettes were blurred //

https://nitro.download/view/5A0A83AD8F96359/Arabesk.1988.Restorated.720p.HDTV.x264.AC3-LTRG.mkv
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Language(s):Turkish
Subtitles:English

The post Ertem Egilmez – Arabesk (1989) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis
Serap, a young actress with a strong, lively personality and a special dislike for middle-class family life, takes part in a TV-commercial for a recently marketed shampoo, “Belinda”. She plays the role of a typical housewife called Naciye.

MUBI’s take
What if you wake up one day only to find out that you have become everything you ideologically despise? Atıf Yılmaz’s bittersweet masterpiece, which combines social commentary with surrealist comedy, both subverts the values of consumer society and the social roles attributed to women.

Aaahh.Belinda.1986.1080p.MUBI.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.HFR.H.264-TURG.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 34 min
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https://nitro.download/view/0E2F7E3AC007FDA/Aaahh.Belinda.1986.1080p.MUBI.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.HFR.H.264-TURG.mkv

Language(s):Turkish
Subtitles:English

The post Atif Yilmaz – Aaahh Belinda (1986) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

(warning: you may not want to read this review before watching film.)
If I am not mistaken, the scenario of this film is based upon an award winning story from Cumhuriyet,a prestigious paper in Turkey.Teyzem( My maternal aunt) is a very sentimental and successfully- managed story of relation between a young aunt in Istanbul and her nephew coming to the city to visit her and his grandparents.The aunt and her nephew, Baris,manage to construct a sound and secret friendship and alliance amongst each others during summer holiday and arrange visits to the former’s boyfriend who is a handsome guitarist in a local band. Noone in the family is aware of these secret visits.In the film, the audience is given opportunity to observe daily life of an Istanbul family making his way through a very moderate economic resources.For grandparents, nothing could be more important than their daughter’s eventual marriage with a decent man.They are also worried about their son who makes his life in little and simple earnings. However,as the heroine living in the world of fantasies and hallucinations, the aunt insists on dreaming herself in perfect togetherness with the guitarist.Things turn to get worsened each day for the family.Grandma gets paralysed, Step-father gets more and more uneasy in the family,economic problems force the family to sell the old mansion and concede to the building of an apartment building instead.To complicate matters, lazy and poorly-educated boy of the family escapes from home to live in Germany, a magnet of attraction of many Turks in the past. Baris, story teller of the film, experiences dramatic fall of his idol,auntie, in his eyes rapidly. Guitarist boy chases pocket rather than heart and abandones auntie.Deeply influenced by this abandonment, the auntie gets insane and becomes an acute sychszophrenic.The interesting point in the film is that Baris is in secret and mutually felt love with his aunt.It is the greatest time for them to hide their agendas, share their privacies and dream together. The film is much successful in matching actors and actresses with roles.Besides, music, background have been much impressive for me.Although I saw this film a decade ago,I could still keep in my mind many dialogues vividly. I sometimes wonder why International audience could not see this film. If – in any case- you have the chance to magnify into Turkish urban life and society in industrialisation crisis, watch this film.Pursuit of money , individualising relations in a communitarian society , alienation of masses, reflect themselves perfectly in Teyzem.

1.05GB | 1h 46m | 352×228 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/4FBD74E4AFCA902/teyzem_cd1.mpg https://nitro.download/view/3C1308C09C9EB1A/teyzem_cd1.srt https://nitro.download/view/B4D0FC05281BFBA/teyzem_cd2.mpg https://nitro.download/view/0F392D3F46A6B5B/teyzem_cd2.srt

Language(s):Turkish
Subtitles:English

The post Halit Refig – Teyzem AKA My Aunt (1987) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Among those who made interesting women’s films in the 1980s, and in the centre of the controversy about a feminist cinema, was Atıf Yılmaz. “A Divorced Woman” is one of those films about a woman who in the past had no other role but being a pretty ornament and sex object. She discovers her new sexuality with another woman. And adaptation of Necati Cumalı´s story by the same name (note: his play “bir sabah gülerek uyan”), about a woman who frees herself from male-dominated conventions.

In Turkish society the position of a divorced woman is precarious, she´s subject to sexual and economic pressures. She finds solidarity among other women and sexual fulfillment in a new love affair. Most parts of the film were shot in Muğla and Bodrum. Suna (Müjde Ar) and Ayla (Nur Sürer) leave their past behind, including their former men, lovers and husbands, and walk out of the last frame hand in hand. The beautiful scenery of Bodrum is intertwined with liberated physicality.

80’li yıllarla birlikte birbirinden ilginç kadın filmleri çeken Atıf Yılmaz feminist sinema tartışmalarının da odağı olmuştur. Dul Bir Kadın da bu filmlerden biridir ve sosyal çevresi tarafından bir et, bir süs eşyası olarak algılanan bir kadının (Müjde Ar) yeni cinsel arayışlarını ve hemcinsiyle olan cinsel temaslarını konu edinir. Necati Cumalı’nın aynı isimli yapıtından uyarlanan film eril düzenden koparak kendi bireysel ve özgür kimliğini oluşturan kadınların filmidir.

Türk sosyetesi içinde dul bir kadın olmanın teşkil ettiği yer, kadın-erkek ilişkilerinin kırılgan doğası ve şiddetli geçimsizlikler, kadın kadına dostluk ve cinsel aşk gibi konuların çevresinde dönen filmin büyük bir bölümü Muğla, Bodrum’da çekilmiştir. Suna (Müjde Ar) ve Ayla (Nur Sürer) geçmişlerindeki bütün erkekleri geride bırakarak el ele sahneyi terk ederler. Bodrum’un güzelliği onların bedenlerinin özgür salınışıyla iç içe betimlenir.

716MB | 1 h 26 min | 720×480 | avi

https://nitro.download/view/23518EA880CE6DC/Dul_bir_KADIN_(1985)_yesilcamevi.avi

https://nitro.download/view/A5D009BEFD78B3B/Dul_bir_KADIN_(1985)_yesilcamevi.eng.srt

Language:Turkish
Subtitles:English

The post Atif Yilmaz – Dul bir kadin AKA A Divorced Woman (1985) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A young writer anguished because he finds nothing interesting to write about, strolls through the streets of Izmir. He comes across a series of posters of Sevim Suna, a local singer. She intrigues him and he stops to wonder who she is. At that point a man comes up to him and says that her name is “Vasfiye”. The stranger begins to tell her story. As the young writer listens he finds himself transported into different versions of Vasfiye’s life.

This entertaining Turkish drama is a surreal romp through the imagination — or is it? One day a young writer (Erol Durak) stands intrigued in front of a poster advertising the singer Sevim Suna, and idly wonders who she is. In answer to his question, a man walks up to him and says her real name is Vasfiye (Mujde Ar) — and in fact, she was his wife long ago. Before the end of that story is near, the mysterious stranger disappears. He is almost immediately replaced by another man who picks up the tale from there. He explains he is a doctor and was Vesfiye’s lover while she was married. Again, he also does not completely finish his story before disappearing. With his curiosity now in high gear, the writer heads ever-deeper into this mystery. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

https://nitro.download/view/370E3DF5C3D5E9E/ADI_VASFIYE.avi

Language:Turkish
Subtitles:None

The post Atif Yilmaz – Adi Vasfiye AKA Her Name is Vasfiye (1985) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Suat, who still lives with his mother, father and sister, works at his father’s store in his spare time after practicing as goalkeeper for Esnaf Spor, an amateur football team. Approaching his 30s, Suat is in love with Nurten, the neighborhood beauty, but she has never responded to any of the many secret letters he has sent to her. The whole neighborhood’s greatest wish is for Esnaf Spor to win the amateur football league championship, which would also give them a shot at becoming a professional club. The opportunity to go professional gets the small-time powers that be into action. Serkan, a player who was hurriedly transferred to Esnaf Spor has his first sexual experience with Aynur, a prostitute of living in a house outside the town. Serkan’s transfer affects the girls of the neighborhood more than the team… (movies.yahoo.com)

Dar.Alanda.Kisa.Paslasmalar.AKA.Offside.2000.DVDRip.x264.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/73D4BECF3BC94C3/Dar.Alanda.Kisa.Paslasmalar.AKA.Offside.2000.DVDRip.x264.mkv

Language(s):Turkish
Subtitles:English / French / German

The post Serdar Akar – Dar alanda kisa paslasmalar AKA Offside (2000) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show.

Asiye.Nasil.Kurtulur.1986.1080p.MUBI.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-TURG.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 45 min
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https://nitro.download/view/0B21CA904728A86/Asiye.Nasil.Kurtulur.1986.1080p.MUBI.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-TURG.mkv

Language(s):Turkish
Subtitles:None

The post Atif Yilmaz – Asiye Nasil Kurtulur (1986) first appeared on Cinema of the World.