A Sip of Love (Bir Yudum Sevgi)

Atıf Yılmaz directed Bir Yudum Sevgi (A Sip of Love) in 1984, a Turkish drama. Yılmaz also co-wrote the screenplay with Latife Tekin and Fehmi Yaşar and shared production duties with Sadık Deveci and Ömer Kavur. A joint production of Yeşilçam Film and Delta Film, it was shot in color on 35 mm.

The story follows Aygül (Hale Soygazi), an unhappy woman raising four children without help from her workless husband. When he loses his job, the burden of earning falls on her and she takes a factory job, which sets off her awakening. As her life changes she leaves her husband, moves with the children to a new home and, ignoring the gossip, grows close to Cemal (Kadir İnanır), the man who helped her find work. The cast also includes Meral Çetinkaya as Nezaket and Macit Koper as Cuma.

Yalçın Tura wrote the music and Çetin Tunca was the cinematographer; the story draws on work by Tekin and Yaşar. Screened in competition at the 21st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, it won five Golden Oranges, for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Music. It was also named Best Turkish Film at the 4th International Istanbul Film Festival.