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2 Girls (İki Genç Kız)

2 Girls (İki Genç Kız)

Movie · 2005 · 7 people

Kutluğ Ataman directed the drama İki Genç Kız, which was released in Turkey on April 29, 2005. Adapted from Perihan Mağden's novel İki Genç Kızın Romanı, it is known internationally as 2 Girls. The film follows the novel's plot closely but departs from it at points. It won awards at many national and international festivals, including a Golden Orange, and drew attention for its lesbian theme.

The story follows two girls from different social classes in Istanbul: Handan (Vildan Atasever), warm, gentle and striking, and Behiye (Feride Çetin), prickly, angry and lonely. They meet by chance and bond at once, united by weariness with their lives. Handan's way out is to join her father, who left years ago for Australia; Behiye shares the plan, seeking her own rescue. Handan's mother Leman (Hülya Avşar), a woman in her thirties who makes her living as a mistress, grows jealous and tries to break up the friendship. As the two grow closer their bond becomes more fragile, and economic, social, psychological and sexual problems stand in their way.

Ataman wrote the screenplay with Mağden, and the producers include Gülen Güler Hurley and Murat Çelikkan. The cinematographer is Emre Erkmen. The experimental band Replikas supplied the music, released in 2006 on the album Film Müzikleri.

DirectorKutluğ Ataman
Production companyYalan Dünya Film
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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

In adapting Perihan Mağden's novel, Kutluğ Ataman manages to keep the book's raw, realistic voice. The film's great strength is its acting: the contrast between Feride Çetin's angry, lonely Behiye and Vildan Atasever's soft, alluring Handan carries both the pull and the fragility of their bond. Hülya Avşar's Leman gains unexpected depth. Emre Erkmen's camera films Istanbul without gloss, in a way that makes class difference visible, and Replikas's experimental score feeds the film's restless spirit. Still, the narrative loosens in the second half and some scenes repeat themselves. A brave film, not a flawless one, that earned its awards, the Golden Orange among them.

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

İki Genç Kız looks at Istanbul's unseen sides through the friendship of two girls from different classes. On one side, a mother who lives as a kept woman, and her daughter; on the other, a lonely teenager who does not know where to put her anger. What they share is the wish to escape the lives they have, and it is telling that their way out is a father who left years ago, all the way to Australia. The film shows, without embellishment, how economically and socially fragile women's lives can be, and how little say young women have over their own. It also takes up its lesbian theme with an openness that counted as brave for 2005.

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

Loneliness, family resentments, money troubles and the closeness between two teenage girls make for a heavy story. Sexuality and raw emotions sit at the heart of the story, which puts it out of bounds for children. It can make adults and older teens think, but it is not right for a family evening. If you are considering it for your teenager, watch it yourself first and then decide.

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