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Everyone's Sweetheart (Herkesin Sevgilisi)

Everyone's Sweetheart (Herkesin Sevgilisi) (translated)

Movie · 1970 · 15 people

Filed under the emotional genre, the Turkish film Herkesin Sevgilisi ("Everyone's Sweetheart") dates from 1970 and is in color. It was directed by Nejat Saydam and made by Acar Film. Built around music, composition and a disguise, it stars Türkân Şoray.

The story begins with an elderly conservatory teacher. After a quarrel with a spoiled student he quits his job and shuts himself away at home to compose. On a trip taken in search of inspiration he meets a young woman who gives her name as Zeynep, and he is taken with her voice and with her. She presents herself as a shepherd girl, yet she is in fact one of the most sought-after society beauties of the big city. Türkân Şoray plays Zeynep and Tanju Gürsu plays Metin Alpay. The cast also includes Hayal Sirer (Jale), Aynur Aydan (Aylin), Nuri Altınok (Tarık Alpay), Müşerref Çapın (Lamia), Leman Öztürk as a paid stand-in lover, and Yılmaz Gruda. Among the film's key elements are the piano, lyrics, sheet music and songs.

Nejat Saydam and Bülent Oran wrote the screenplay together, and the producer was Murat Köseoğlu. The music is by Teoman Alpay and Metin Bükey and the cinematography by Melih Sertesen.

DirectorNejat Saydam
Production companyAcar Film

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Türkân Şoray Türkân Şoray Actor · 81 years old Zeynep Tanju Gürsu Tanju Gürsu Film director · died at 77 Metin Alpay Renan Fosforoğlu Yılmaz Gruda Yılmaz Gruda Actor · died at 93 Muammer Gözalan Muammer Gözalan Actor · died at 76 Nuri Altınok Hayal Sirer Aynur Aydan Enis Fosforoğlu Birtane Güngör Ömer Harun Gülden Kıvanç Ahmet Kostarika Ahmet Kostarika Actor · 1927 – 1994 Özen Tutucu Leman Öztürk

Also in the cast: Müşerref Çapın

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

A love story in which Türkân Şoray poses as a shepherd girl, with the piano, sheet music and songs at its heart... All the ingredients of one of Yeşilçam's most graceful fairy tales are here. An elderly conservatory teacher finding his inspiration in a young woman's voice carries that naive but sincere feeling my generation loved so much. The music by Teoman Alpay and Metin Bükey is a strong candidate for the film's heart. The masquerade may look a little old-fashioned today, but I miss that innocence.

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

Nejat Saydam and Bülent Oran's script rests on the disguise, one of Yeşilçam's most frequently used devices: society beauty Zeynep introducing herself as a shepherd girl turns class difference into a romantic game. The formula is familiar and its surprises limited. What is interesting is that the story takes its first step not with a young lover but with an elderly composer in search of inspiration, a chance to make music the real engine of the narrative. The character hired to play a paid stand-in lover is another element that could add layers to the identity game. The real question is how far Melih Sertesen's cinematography and Türkân Şoray's star power offset the script's predictability.

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

A musical, romantic and clean Yeşilçam film. By its subject it isn't a harsh film, so it can be watched comfortably with grandparents. Fans of Türkân Şoray and old songs will enjoy it. Small children, though, may get bored quickly with a story built on love and disguise; it speaks more to adults and teenagers.

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