Oh, Where? (Ah Nerede) (translated)

Movie · 1975 · 11 people

Directed by Orhan Aksoy from a script by Sadık Şendil, Ah Nerede ("Oh, Where?") comes from Arzu Film as a romantic comedy of 1975 and takes its title from a song of the same name by Füsun Önal. Tarık Akan and Gülşen Bubikoğlu share the lead roles. Shot in colour and running 90 minutes, it mixes comedy with emotional, youth and political elements, with the student movements and left-right tension of the 1970s felt in the background.

At its centre are three brothers who come to Istanbul to study and each drift down their own path. Ferit uses his good looks to chase women, Murat falls into gambling, and Ömer gives himself to student protests. Tarık Akan plays Ferit, Halit Akçatepe is Murat and Cengiz Nezir is Ömer. When Ferit meets Zehra, played by Gülşen Bubikoğlu, he falls for her, though at first his love goes unanswered. He finally wins her over and introduces her to his brothers, but the arrival of his former girlfriends and his fiancée complicates everything. The cast also includes Adile Naşit (Huriye), Hulusi Kentmen (Ferit's father), Hayati Hamzaoğlu (Ali Kaya), Nilgün Atılgan, Aydan Adan and Leman Akçatepe.

Nahit Ataman produced and Hüseyin Özşahin was director of photography, in a film that belongs to the Yeşilçam output of the 1970s.

DirectorOrhan Aksoy
Production companyArzu Film

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Cast

Also in the cast: Nilgün Atılgan, Aydan Adan, Cengiz Nezir (Ömer)

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

Named after Füsun Önal's song, Ah Nerede carries that sweet mix so typical of seventies Yeşilçam: a little romance, a little comedy and a little of the shadow of its era. The sparring between Tarık Akan's womanising Ferit and Gülşen Bubikoğlu's Zehra has the warmth peculiar to the romantic comedies of those years. Just seeing masters such as Adile Naşit and Hulusi Kentmen on screen is enough to warm the heart. Three brothers drifting down different paths even lends the story a small moral lesson. Some of the jokes may look dated today, but its sincerity has not aged.

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

Ah Nerede is an old Yeşilçam comedy, and grandparents may well enjoy it as a fond memory. But a note for family viewing: one brother is always chasing women and another falls into gambling. Even played for laughs, they are not great examples for kids. Student protests and the political tension of the time are in the background too, which little ones probably won't follow. It works better with teenagers and the grandparents together.

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

The most interesting thing about watching Ah Nerede today is the mirror it holds, in the background, to the university youth of the 1970s and the left-right tension of the time. Three brothers who come to Istanbul to study and drift apart read like a small map of the choices facing young people in the big city back then: one turns to pleasure, one to gambling, one to student protest. The film doesn't put politics at its centre and stays within the limits of romantic comedy, which leaves the tension of the period somewhat on the surface. Even so, it is an interesting period document for anyone wanting to see how 1970s Yeşilçam saw its youth.

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