VASFIYE IS HER NAME

VASFIYE IS HER NAME

VASFIYE IS HER NAME, 1985

Turkey | DVD, Color, 84’ | Turkish
Director: Atıf Yılmaz
Cast: Müjde Ar, Aytaç Arman, Macit Koper

Sevim Suna is a singer at a nightclub whose real name is Vasfiye. The film draws a sequential portrait of Vasfiye through the eyes of the four men who knew her. Her childhood, her youth, her loves and marriages, her sufferings and joys, in short an entire life story is reflected on the screen through the eyes of men who at first glance seem different but essentially have common traits. With a script adapted by Barış Pirhasan from five stories by Necati Cumalı, “Vafiye is Her Name” is regarded by many as the first example of Atıf Yılmaz’s “fantastic film with social content”.

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