Mutluluk is a 2007 Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 film directed by Abdullah Oğuz

Abdullah Oguz

Abdullah Oguz is a Turkish film director and producer.Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films.- Filmography :...

, and starring Özgü Namal

Özgü Namal

Özgü Namal is a Turkish actress. She become the most famous by debuting as Güllü in Turkish TV series "Hanımın Çiftliği", very popular TV series in Turkey, as well as in the worldwide.-Biography:...

, Talat Bulut, and Murat Han. It was chosen to open the 2007 Asian Film Festival in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and the 2007 Medfilm Festival in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. It won the audience prize and the young jury prize at the 2008 Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg and won the audience award for international films at the 2008 Miami International Film Festival.
Also, Mutluluk was rewarded by European Council with the Prix Odyssee Human Rights Award in 2007.

Plot

Meryem (Özgü Namal), a young woman of about 17 years old, is believed to have been violated, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. A young, newly returned war veteran and son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take Meryem to Istanbul and kill her, but at the last minute he doesn't allow himself to complete the task and the two, now unable to ever return to their village, run away together. Eventually, they meet up with ex-Professor Irfan, a man who has decided to live on a boat away from his wife and limited life.

This movie is adapted from the international best selling novel by Zülfü Livaneli

Zülfü Livaneli

Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu is a popular Turkish folk musician , a novelist, newspaper columnist and a film director who has been highly popular for decades...

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Mutluluk (English title: Bliss) is a 2007 Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 film directed by Abdullah Oğuz

Abdullah Oguz

Abdullah Oguz is a Turkish film director and producer.Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films.- Filmography :...

, and starring Özgü Namal

Özgü Namal

Özgü Namal is a Turkish actress. She become the most famous by debuting as Güllü in Turkish TV series "Hanımın Çiftliği", very popular TV series in Turkey, as well as in the worldwide.-Biography:...

, Talat Bulut, and Murat Han. It was chosen to open the 2007 Asian Film Festival in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and the 2007 Medfilm Festival in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. It won the audience prize and the young jury prize at the 2008 Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg and won the audience award for international films at the 2008 Miami International Film Festival.
Also, Mutluluk was rewarded by European Council with the Prix Odyssee Human Rights Award in 2007.

Plot

Meryem (Özgü Namal), a young woman of about 17 years old, is believed to have been violated, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. A young, newly returned war veteran and son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take Meryem to Istanbul and kill her, but at the last minute he doesn't allow himself to complete the task and the two, now unable to ever return to their village, run away together. Eventually, they meet up with ex-Professor Irfan, a man who has decided to live on a boat away from his wife and limited life.

This movie is adapted from the international best selling novel by Zülfü Livaneli

Zülfü Livaneli

Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu is a popular Turkish folk musician , a novelist, newspaper columnist and a film director who has been highly popular for decades...

.

External links

Mutluluk (English title: Bliss) is a 2007 Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 film directed by Abdullah Oğuz

Abdullah Oguz

Abdullah Oguz is a Turkish film director and producer.Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films.- Filmography :...

, and starring Özgü Namal

Özgü Namal

Özgü Namal is a Turkish actress. She become the most famous by debuting as Güllü in Turkish TV series "Hanımın Çiftliği", very popular TV series in Turkey, as well as in the worldwide.-Biography:...

, Talat Bulut, and Murat Han. It was chosen to open the 2007 Asian Film Festival in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and the 2007 Medfilm Festival in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. It won the audience prize and the young jury prize at the 2008 Turkish Film Festival in Nuremberg and won the audience award for international films at the 2008 Miami International Film Festival.
Also, Mutluluk was rewarded by European Council with the Prix Odyssee Human Rights Award in 2007.

Plot

Meryem (Özgü Namal), a young woman of about 17 years old, is believed to have been violated, and her village's customs call for her to be killed to restore honor and dignity to her family and village. A young, newly returned war veteran and son of the village leader, Cemal (Murat Han), is ordered to take Meryem to Istanbul and kill her, but at the last minute he doesn't allow himself to complete the task and the two, now unable to ever return to their village, run away together. Eventually, they meet up with ex-Professor Irfan, a man who has decided to live on a boat away from his wife and limited life.

This movie is adapted from the international best selling novel by Zülfü Livaneli

Zülfü Livaneli

Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu is a popular Turkish folk musician , a novelist, newspaper columnist and a film director who has been highly popular for decades...

.

External links