Ayla Algan

  • Irfan Tözüm – Kiz kulesi asiklari (1994)

    Drama1991-2000Irfan TözümTurkey

    A 60-year-old poet, an intellectual and lonely man, often spends his days with visits to the Maiden’s Tower. While visiting the rooms on one of these visits, he encounters the old lantern guard’s belongings. This story attracts much attention of the poet, especially the diary kept by the guard during his life is a mysterious memory book. As he reads the diary, the man, who discovers that the stories told in the diary are very similar to the story of the Maiden Tower legend Hera and Leandros, gets stuck between legends and facts over time. He downstairs neighbor Nesibey in the place of Hera in the legend, and the passion that grows between them is fed by this legend.Read More »

  • Isil Özgentürk – Seni seviyorum Rosa AKA Rosa, I Love You (1992)

    1991-2000DramaIsil ÖzgentürkTurkey

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    Seni seviyorum Rosa is The first film of Turkish female novelist and screenwriter Isil Özgentürk is based on a highly praised novel, Tanta Rosa by another woman writer, Sevgi Soysal. The heroine comes from a non-Muslim family in the days when Istanbul used to be a melting pot of diverse cultures and religions. We follow Rosa from her childhood in her well-to-do family until her old age, her life changing with the destiny of Istanbul, which serves as a background to this story of life, love and disillusionment. Özgentürk lets the story unfold like a tale from the Arabian Nights, not forgetting to pass along a message or two for female audiences. The film received the Special Jury Prize of the Istanbul Film Festival in 1992 and travelled to major international film festivals. (~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide)Read More »

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