The Woman Who Drives You Crazy (Çıldırtan Kadın) (translated)

Çıldırtan Kadın, also listed as Sevmek mi Ölmek mi?, is a 1978 Turkish colour film. It is shown as a thriller and drama and also falls under the erotic-film heading, as it carries erotic elements. Çetin İnanç directed it and it reached cinemas in early 1979. İbrahim Mertoğlu produced it for Mert Film.

The story follows Gül Fırat, a happily married woman. In a quarrel stoked by her mother-in-law's baseless accusations she loses her child, is committed to a psychiatric hospital, and her husband Kemal goes to prison. Escaping the hospital, she ends up among fugitive convicts who prove to be her husband's old prison companions. Keywords tied to the film include beer, a woman, wrist-cutting, madness and gendarmes. Zerrin Egeliler plays Gül and Tarık Şimşek plays Kemal, with Turgut Özatay as Turgut, Ata Saka as Ata, İbrahim Kurt as İbo and Şeref Çokşeker as Kemal's mother.

The cast also lists Tülin Tan, Muzaffer Yenen (doctor), Ayten Koçak (nurse), Zafer Önen (boss), Cemil Akacan (director), Kamer Sadık and Yüksel Gözen (composer). Engin Temizer wrote the screenplay and Dinçer Önal shot it. Şimşek Işık Servisi supplied lighting under chief Ergün Şimşek, and dubbing voices include Ayşegül Devrim, Sadettin Erbil, Levent Dönmez, Erdoğan Esenboğa, Devrim Parscan and Gönül Ülkü.