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Poppy (Gelincik)

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Movie · 1978 · 16 people

Turkish cinema's 1978 film Gelincik ("Poppy") joins adventure and drama in an emotional love story. It was directed by Şerif Gören from a screenplay by Safa Önal. Produced by Memduh Ün for Uğur Film, it was shot in colour, runs about 84 minutes and opened on 1 November 1978. Cüneyt Arkın and Fatma Girik share the leading roles.

Its heroine Fato (Fatma Girik) comes from wealthy circles and feels she has lost her humanity in the artificial, decayed world of the big city. Her life is steered by her powerful father, who wants to force her into a marriage with a man she is fleeing. She escapes to a quiet holiday town, where she meets Alişan (Cüneyt Arkın), who gallops freely through the surf along the beach on his horse Gelincik. A strong bond forms between them quickly. Just as she finds happiness, her father reappears, and a woman who does not bow to the threats of power and money must choose between love and death. The cast also includes Haluk Durak as Haldun, Funda Ersin as Kezban, Ali Karagöz as Hasan and Seyfettin Karadayı as Hacı Ömer.

Çetin Tunca was the director of photography and İsmail Kalkan the editor.

DirectorŞerif Gören
Production companyUğur Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Alişan Fatma Girik Fatma Girik Actor · died at 79 Fato Haluk Durak Zeynep Çayıroğlu Funda Ersin Ali Karagöz Mustafa Demirkaya Mustafa Gülcü Murat Koç Abdi Algül Seyfettin Karadayı İbrahim Uğurlu Yusuf Çetin Abdurrahman Palay Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Actor · died at 95 Ünal Gürel Actor · 1935 – 2002

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

Seeing Cüneyt Arkın and Fatma Girik in the same film is an invitation in itself for anyone who loves Yeşilçam. Gelincik tells the story of Alişan, galloping freely along the shore on his horse, and Fato, fleeing the big city's artificial world, through Safa Önal's tender writing. The contrast between nature's simplicity and money's coldness is a theme our old films loved, and it is handled sincerely here. In a fairly short 84 minutes, Şerif Gören tells the story without letting it scatter. A film that reminds you a love story can still touch the heart.

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

Gelincik builds the contrast between the big city and a holiday town in late-1970s Turkey through a love story. Fato, from a wealthy circle, has her life steered by her powerful father, who tries to marry her to a man she does not want, which shows how hard it was for a woman to make her own decisions within the family structures of the time. The film questions how money and power hem in personal freedom, though it tells this more as a romantic escape than as social analysis. Presenting the town's calm as an ideal set against the city's corruption also reflects a view common in the cinema of the period.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

It's tagged as adventure, but this is really a love story. The image of Cüneyt Arkın riding along the beach looks great, and the father's threats do raise the tension somewhat. Still, if you want fights or chases, it may feel too emotional and calm. At 84 minutes it's short, which helps. One for viewers who want Cüneyt Arkın as a romantic lead rather than an action hero.

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