Woman (Hanım) (translated)

Halit Refiğ directed the Turkish drama Hanım, writing the script with Nezihe Araz. Shot in colour on 35 mm and psychological in tone, the film runs about 100 minutes and was produced by Odak Film. It was shown at the 26th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and reached Turkish cinemas in early 1990. Family drama and love of animals are among its themes.

Olcay Hanım, played by Yıldız Kenter, is the granddaughter of an Ottoman pasha. Years earlier she lost her husband, a naval captain, in a sea accident. When she learns she has uterine cancer she begins to live in fear of death, but her real concern is something else: her cat, named after herself, is her only companion, and she does not know who will take it in after she is gone. Eşref Kolçak plays Necip Bey. The cast also includes Faruk Dilaver, Cem Özer, Pamira Bezmen, Baki Tamer, Orhan Çağman and Bahtiyar Engin.

Çetin Tunca was the cinematographer, and the music draws on works by Cemal Reşit Rey and Adnan Saygun. Refiğ won the best director award at the Golden Orange for the film, which placed third for best film. Yıldız Kenter was named best actress at the Corsica-Bastia Film Festival in 1989.