Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds is a 1999 Turkish drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, directed by Tomris Giritlioğlu, based the historical novel of the same name by Yılmaz Karakoyunlu. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on was released on November 19, 1999, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange Award for Best Film, and was Turkey's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards

72nd Academy Awards

The 72nd Academy Awards ceremony took place at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, and was Billy Crystal's seventh time hosting the Awards. The ceremony attracted 46.53 million viewers, an audience 3.7% bigger than the previous ceremony.The Academy Awards ceremony was dominated by two films...

 for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

• Hülya Avşar
  Hülya Avsar
  Hülya Avşar is a Turkish actress, talk show host, and pop folk singer. Her father is Kurdish and her mother is Turkish.-Career:...
  
  as Nora
• Kamran Usluer as Halit Bey
• Zuhal Olcay
  Zuhal Olcay
  Zuhal Olcay is a famous Turkish actress and singer.-Biography:She started first as an actress in 1980's and became famous with films like "Amansız Yol", "Kurşun Ata Ata Biter", "Bir Avuç Gökyüzü", "Halkalı Köle" and "Dünden Sonra Yarından Önce"...
  
  as Nefise
• Uğur Polat
  Ugur Polat
  Uğur Polat is a Turkish actor.He was a theatre student at the Istanbul University national conservatory. He later joined the Ankara Art Theatre...
  
  as Levon
• Derya Alabora
  Derya Alabora
  - Biography :She was born in Istanbul. She graduated from the theater department at the conservatory of Mimar Sinan University in 1982. She has won two Golden Orange awards for her roles in Masumiyet and Yengeç Sepeti.- Filmography :...
  
  as Nimet
• Güven Kıraç
  Güven Kiraç
  Güven Kıraç is a Turkish actor.-References:* Biyografi.info - * Biyografi.net - -External links:...
  
  as Bekir
• Zafer Algöz as Durmuş
• Murat Daltaban as Clarinetist Artin

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival

The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, is the most important national film festival in Turkey...

• Best Picture (Golden Orange): Tomris Giritlioğlu
• Best Actor: Uğur Polat
• Best Music: Tamer Çıray
• Best Art Direction: Ziya Ulkenciler
• Best Film Editing: Mevlüt Kocak

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