Bliss
Bliss (Turkish: Mutluluk) is a 2007 Turkish film directed by Abdullah Oğuz, and starring Özgü Namal, Talat Bulut, and Murat Han. It was chosen to open the 2007 Asian Film Festival in Mumbai and the 2007 Medfilm Festival in Rome. It won the audience prize and the young jury prize at the 2008 Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg and won the audience award for international films at the 2008 Miami International Film Festival.
Plot
Meryem (Özgü Namal), a young woman of about 17 years old, is believed to have been violated, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. A young, newly returned war veteran and son of the village leader and factory owner, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take Meryem to Istanbul and kill her, but at the last minute he doesn't allow himself to complete the task and the two, now unable to ever return to their village, run away together. Eventually, they meet up with ex-Professor Irfan, a man who has decided to live on a boat away from his wife and constricted life.
More details
author | Abdullah Oğuz Kubilay Tunçer Sırrı Süreyya Önder Zülfü Livaneli |
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contentLocation | Turkey |
director | Abdullah Oğuz |
editor | Levent Çelebi |
events | honor killing |
genre | drama |
keywords | factory owner kill run away the international violate want war veteran young woman |
musicBy | Zülfü Livaneli |
producer | Abdullah Oğuz |
publisher | KenDa Film |
recordedAt | Istanbul |