I Won't Mention His Name (Adını Anmayacağım)

I Won't Mention His Name (Adını Anmayacağım) (translated)

Movie · 1971 · 7 people

From the emotional melodrama strand of Yeşilçam comes Adını Anmayacağım, a Turkish film. It opened on 1 December 1971 directed by Orhan Elmas from a screenplay by Fuat Özlüer. Erler Film's colour production, produced by Türker İnanoğlu, runs about 87 minutes. Hülya Koçyiğit and Cüneyt Arkın share the lead roles.

The story begins when Gül, a famous singer, leaves the stage to marry Engin, a young lawyer and reserve officer. Engin is sent to Korea, and when word arrives that he has died there, Gül is devastated and left to raise a daughter alone. At the urging of her violinist Cemil she returns to the stage, but drowns her grief in drink, and Cemil, secretly infatuated with her, tries to exploit it. Gül learns that Engin, whom she thought dead, is alive, but a misunderstanding drives the couple apart and their daughter stays with her father. Years later, with Engin blinded, Gül enters his home as a caretaker named Seher and teaches the grown Oya piano. Hülya Koçyiğit plays Gül, Cüneyt Arkın Engin, Cihangir Ghaffari Cemil and Fatma Karanfil Oya.

Çetin Gürtop shot the film, which is dubbed, with Abdurrahman Palay voicing Cüneyt Arkın and Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm voicing Hülya Koçyiğit.

DirectorOrhan Elmas
Production companyErler Film

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

Seeing Hülya Koçyiğit and Cüneyt Arkın on the same screen is like opening a door onto Yeşilçam's golden years. Adını Anmayacağım carries all the warmth of that era's emotional melodramas: a self-sacrificing mother, a husband thought lost, a woman who approaches her daughter years later under another name. Gül the singer's return to the stage adds the bittersweet flavour of music as well. Today's viewers may find the coincidences too many, but in the cinema of those years the point was never plausibility; it was to touch the heart. And this film does.

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

Adını Anmayacağım applies the formulas of Yeşilçam melodrama almost to the letter: news of a death, a misunderstanding, separation, a hidden identity and a husband left blind. Orhan Elmas lines these devices up neatly but never questions them, and Fuat Özlüer's script happily stacks coincidence on coincidence to heighten the emotion. Like many films of its day it is dubbed, which makes judging the acting harder, with Abdurrahman Palay voicing Cüneyt Arkın and Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm voicing Hülya Koçyiğit. Even so, Koçyiğit's facial and physical performance carries her character's pain though the voice belongs to someone else. Instructive for anyone studying the genre; too familiar for those looking beyond it.

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

This is an old family drama of the kind grandparents will enjoy. A mother's struggle to be reunited with her daughter is very moving. But be aware: Gül drowns her grief in drink, and someone tries to take advantage of that weakness. It may be too heavy and sad for young children. For teenagers and adults, keep the tissues close.

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