3 FRIENDS

3 FRIENDS, 1958

Turkey | 35mm, Black & White, 88’ |Turkish

Director:Memduh Ün

Cast:Muhterem Nur, Fikret Hakan, Salih Tozan

The warm and loving story of three impoverished friends who meet a blind girl one night and their efforts to make her happy. Murat, Mıstık and Artin live in an abandoned old mansion and strive to make a living by doing mundane street work. One night, the three friends come upon a blind girl named Gül who works as a hawker and lives on the streets. They take her to their mansion as their guest and make her believe that they are very rich. From then on, their only goal is the happiness of Gül with whom Murat has fallen in love. A masterpiece by Memduh Ün, regarded by film critics of the time as the best Turkish movie made until then.