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Hürmüz with Seven Husbands (7 Kocalı Hürmüz)

Hürmüz with Seven Husbands (7 Kocalı Hürmüz) (translated)

Movie · 2009 · 14 people

Ezel Akay adapted Sadık Şendil's stage play Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz into 7 Kocalı Hürmüz (Hürmüz with Seven Husbands), a Turkish comedy. It opened on November 20, 2009, runs a little over two hours, and brings a legendary tale of Turkish comic theater to the screen. In this third film Akay's "storyteller grandfather" manner continues, with musical touches. Gürsel Korat Sağlamöz wrote the screenplay.

The story is set in the late 1800s in Ottoman Istanbul's Taşkasap district. Hürmüz has married six men from different trades without any legal tie. She receives each husband on one day of the week, keeps him happy and lives off his gifts. The husbands' days keep brushing past each other. But her heart belongs to a doctor she noticed in her barber husband's shop. She invents an illness to bring him home, he falls for her too, and the two land in tangled, comic developments. Nurgül Yeşilçay plays Hürmüz, with Gülse Birsel, Haluk Bilginer, Memet Ali Alabora, Cem Karakaya, Sarp Apak and Öner Erkan in the cast.

The story also stands out for showing a woman's power in a male-dominated society. The role of Hürmüz is identified with Ayten Gökçer on stage; one critic found Yeşilçay effective in it.

DirectorEzel Akay
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands (7 Kocalı Hürmüz)

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz is one of the best-loved stories of the Turkish comic tradition, and taking on a role so closely tied to Ayten Gökçer on stage takes courage. It is no accident that Nurgül Yeşilçay was found effective in the part. Ezel Akay's storyteller style and its musical touches bring old Istanbul's neighborhood air to life with warm color, and having a master such as Haluk Bilginer in the cast is a reassurance of its own. It does run a little long for such a light, playful tale; the nimbleness of the stage felt heavier on screen at times.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Set in the Taşkasap quarter of Istanbul at the end of the 1800s, 7 Kocalı Hürmüz carries an interesting social question behind the comedy: how does a woman make a living in a male-dominated order? Hürmüz marrying six men of different trades without any legal tie and hosting each one on his own day of the week is a premise that highlights a woman's power and wit while also hinting at economic dependence. The range of trades, from barber to doctor, opens a small window onto city life of the period. The film chooses to tell this traditional story in a fairy-tale voice rather than as a history lesson.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

A colorful, musical, entertaining period comedy. But the subject is clear: a woman with six husbands and her love for a doctor. Even with light humor, the premise does not suit small children and would be hard to explain to them. It is better watched with teenagers and adults. Grandparents may recognize the old story and enjoy it.

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