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Farewell Song (Ayrılık Şarkısı)

Farewell Song (Ayrılık Şarkısı) (translated)

Movie · 1966 · 5 people

The Turkish film Ayrılık Şarkısı ("Farewell Song") dates from 1966. Ülkü Erakalın directed it from a script by Bülent Oran. Şahan Haki produced it for Melek Film, and Menasi Filmeridis shot it in 16 mm black and white.

The story follows a composer who comes from Cyprus to Istanbul and rises quickly in his profession, a life full of love and pain. The sorrows of a great love poison his existence and bring him to a reckoning with life, while his family and his son's nanny try to mend the rift between father and son, which forms the emotional core. Cüneyt Arkın plays Murat Aşkın, Ajda Pekkan Gül and Selda Alkor the nurse Leyla. Ercan İnangiray appears as the child Levent and Suzan Avcı as a dancer.

Nedret Güvenç plays Gül's aunt by marriage, Nubar Terziyan her uncle, Zafer Önen the boss Kamil, Muzaffer Yenen Fevzi and Zeki Sezer the doctor; Memduh Alpar is the chief physician and Meral Sayın a guest. The film was dubbed afterwards, as was usual then: Toron Karacaoğlu voiced Cüneyt Arkın and Zafer Önen, Nevin Akkaya Ajda Pekkan and Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm Selda Alkor. Turgut İnangiray edited, and Stavro Yuanidis was art director.

DirectorÜlkü Erakalın

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Murat Aşkın Ajda Pekkan Ajda Pekkan Singer · 80 years old Gül Selda Alkor Selda Alkor Actor · 83 years old Nurse Leyla Suzan Avcı Suzan Avcı Actor · 89 years old Dansöz Zafer Önen Zafer Önen Actor · died at 92

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

For anyone fond of sixties melodrama, Ayrılık Şarkısı carries a familiar warmth. The life of a composer who comes from Cyprus to Istanbul and rises fast, tested by love and pain, follows Bülent Oran's well-worn but touching line. Seeing Cüneyt Arkın without sword or fists, as a composer consumed by heartbreak, and Ajda Pekkan as Gül is a pleasure of its own. The family and the nanny trying to mend the rift between father and son give the film its real heart. The tears flow a little freely, but the cinema of those years liked to make its audience cry.

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

Ülkü Erakalın's film applies the period's melodrama template almost to the letter: a rapid rise, a love that poisons a life, and a father-son bond waiting to be repaired. In trying to hold these three strands together the script leans on every convention of the genre, and the composer's career story seems doomed to sit in the shadow of the emotional knot. The 16 mm black-and-white shoot betrays modest means, while Menasi Filmeridis's camerawork does a tidy job within those limits. The post-synchronised sound, standard at the time, makes the performances hard to judge: Cüneyt Arkın speaks with Toron Karacaoğlu's voice, Ajda Pekkan with Nevin Akkaya's. An interesting specimen for students of the genre; for an eye wary of melodrama, a test of patience.

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

Ayrılık Şarkısı is a family melodrama that suits an evening with the grandparents. It is built on feelings rather than fights. Still, heavy heartbreak and a rift between father and son sit at its centre. Young children may get bored; black and white and heavy emotions can feel distant to them. The family and the nanny working to mend that rift send a lovely message. A good pick for a quiet night with grandma and grandpa.

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