MY AUNT (TEYZEM), 1986
Turkey |DVD, Color, 101’ | Turkish
Director: Halit Refiğ
Screenwriter: Ümit Ünal
Cast: Müjde Ar, Haldun Ergüvenç, Yaşar Alptekin
My Aunt is master director Halit Refiğ’s screen adaptation of Ümit Ünal’s screenplay, which Ünal was inspired to write about his aunt. Üftade’s only hope is to marry the young man she is in love with and escape her unhappy life spent living in his overbearing stepfather’s house. However, when the young man abandons her in one stroke, Ütfade’s misery is doubled, and combined with traumas from her childhood she begins losing her mind. My Aunt is a timeless film about the roles set for women by society, peer pressure and existentialist pursuits.