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Benim Dünyam

My World (Benim Dünyam) (translated)

Movie · 2013 · 6 people

The true story of Helen Keller, the deafblind American activist and lecturer, inspired the 2005 Indian film Black, and Benim Dünyam (My World) is its Turkish remake: a 2013 drama produced by TMC Film, with Uğur Yücel both directing and acting. The film had its gala on 22 October 2013 and opened in cinemas on 25 October. Uğraş Güneş and Can Yücel wrote it.

At the centre of the story is a young girl named Ela. At the age of two an illness takes away her sight and hearing, and she grows up completely out of step with the people around her. Her life begins to change when she meets Mahir Hoca, a teacher who devotes himself to helping her. Beren Saat plays Ela and Yücel himself plays Mahir Hoca. The cast also features Ayça Bingöl, Melis Mutluç, Turgay Kantürk, Hazar Ergüçlü, Yasemin Conka and, as Bedri, Erdal Küçükkömürcü.

The film caused press controversy: when TMC Film released the trailer on 5 September, Black director Sanjay Leela Bhansali e-mailed the production company saying no remake rights had been bought, and got no reply. One reviewer wrote that the film is not hollow, naive melodrama, and noted that Black itself rests on the Hollywood film The Miracle Worker.

DirectorUğur Yücel
Production companyTMC Film
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Beren Saat Beren Saat Film actor · 42 years old Uğur Yücel Uğur Yücel Actor · 69 years old Ayça Bingöl Ayça Bingöl Actor · 51 years old Hazar Ergüçlü Hazar Ergüçlü Actor · born 1992 Turgay Kantürk Turgay Kantürk Actor · 65 years old Erdal Küçükkömürcü Erdal Küçükkömürcü Actor · 68 years old Bedri

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

A moving, hopeful film. It tells of a young girl who can neither see nor hear and whose life begins to change thanks to a teacher who devotes himself to her. It carries a lovely message about patience, effort and teaching. It may make you cry, so keep tissues close. The subject is heavy, so young children may get bored or upset; it suits middle-school age and up better. It is easy to watch with grandparents.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

It is hard to judge Benim Dünyam without two shadows in view: the Indian film Black and, behind it, The Miracle Worker. Retelling such a well-known story demands that a director bring a point of view of his own; Uğur Yücel standing both behind the camera and in front of it as Mahir Hoca is an interesting choice, but it also adds to the load. One reviewer's remark that the film does not turn into hollow, naive melodrama matters, because this subject leans dangerously towards tear-jerking. For Beren Saat, building a character who can neither see nor hear without leaning on words is a serious test. Then again, Black's director saying no remake rights were ever bought, and getting no reply, carries the question of originality well beyond the screen.

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

Stories in which a teacher's patience walks a child from darkness into light carry one of cinema's oldest and purest feelings. Benim Dünyam draws from that vein; the effort between Mahir Hoca and Ela reads like a new take on the self-sacrificing teachers of our older films. Uğur Yücel both directing and acting gives the work a personal warmth. Still, the fact that the story was taken from another film, and that the rights became a matter of dispute, leaves a small ache; a good story is always lovelier when it grows from its own soil.

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