The Girl with the Red Scarf

"Was that love? What is love?"

1977 1h 26m TR

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7.7

BANGER

★7.7TMDB · 116

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.

“Was that love? What is love?”

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Cast

Türkan Şoray
Asya
Kadir İnanır
İlyas
Ahmet Mekin
Cemşit
Hülya Tuğlu
Dilek
Nurhan Nur
Asya's Mother
Cengiz Sezici
Can
İhsan Yüce
Ali
Elif İnci
Samet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Atıf Yılmaz
Writers: Ali Özgentürk
Languages: Turkish
Countries: Turkey

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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49 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Atıf Yılmaz, shot by Çetin Tunca. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cahit Berkay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Türkan Şoray and Kadir İnanır and Ahmet Mekin carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Was that love? What is love?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0263975 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Atıf Yılmaz directs. Çetin Tunca behind the camera. Cahit Berkay scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Turkey. Dialogue in Turkish.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
249 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Atıf Yılmaz, shot by Çetin Tunca. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Cahit Berkay. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Türkan Şoray and Kadir İnanır and Ahmet Mekin carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Was that love? What is love?".
8IMDB entry: tt0263975 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.