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Selam Bahara Yolculuk

Selam: Bahara Yolculuk

Movie · 2015 · 3 people

Released on 13 March 2015, the Turkish drama Selam: Bahara Yolculuk was directed by Hamdi Alkan. Based on a true life story, it runs about two hours and six minutes. Erkan Çıplak, Hale Çalap and Tuba Altınışık wrote the screenplay, Haluk Örgün produced it and Yücel Arzen composed the music. Shot in Türkiye, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, it was distributed by Mars Entertainment Group.

The hero is a teacher named İsmail Yüce, devoted to education. He goes to Kyrgyzstan with his wife Sevgi, hoping to write a new, hopeful story there, but it proves harder than he expected. Doors open only through sacrifice and dedication, and opening a school in a foreign land means fighting ignorance. Despite everything, the couple refuse to turn back from what they began at the foot of the Tian Shan mountains. Gürol Güngör plays İsmail and Aslıhan Güner plays Sevgi; the cast also includes Mert Yavuzcan as Mehmet, Merve Sevi as Meryem, Devrim Parscan, İcmal Aktuna and Nazlı Pınar Kaya, along with the Kyrgyz actors Aytbekova Nazira and Egemberdi Bekboliev.

Hayal Aslan was director of photography, with Esra Çetinkanat as art director, Mustafa Preşeva as editor and Aylin Yelkenli as costume designer.

DirectorHamdi Alkan
Selam: Bahara Yolculuk Selam: Bahara Yolculuk

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Nazlı Pınar Kaya Nazlı Pınar Kaya Actor · 34 years old Aslıhan Güner Aslıhan Güner Actor · 38 years old Gürol Güngör

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

Drawing on a true life story, the film follows a teaching couple trying to open a school in Kyrgyzstan, and it is also a story of cultural encounter shaped by differences of language and custom. In my view, though, the film frames that encounter largely in one direction: the teacher who brings knowledge, and a place where ignorance must be fought. Although Kyrgyz actors are in the cast, Kyrgyz society's own voice risks staying in the background within this frame. Still, the story of a couple trying to find their footing in a foreign country prompts thought about migration and sacrifice. Interesting for understanding educational idealism, incomplete for anyone looking for a two-way perspective.

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

Selam: Bahara Yolculuk is a classic tale of sacrifice built around an idealistic teacher. Shooting in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan gives the film real geographic breadth, and the setting at the foot of the Tian Shan mountains becomes a natural part of the story. But the script, in my view, hardly ever questions its hero; because İsmail's decisions and faith are taken as right from the start, the dramatic conflict is mostly limited to obstacles from outside. Over its long running time this one-directional structure weighs the story down with scenes that repeat the same message. Its emotional impact may be strong, but the film would have lasted far longer in the mind had the hero's inner conflict been handled more boldly.

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

A film with a clear message, built on sacrifice, education and perseverance. Going by its subject, it looks suitable for family viewing and works well with teenagers interested in teaching or in other countries. But it is long and earnest, so younger children may run out of patience. The struggles of a couple trying to make a life in a foreign country will speak more to the adults.

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