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When Fate Connects (Kader Bağlayınca)

When Fate Connects (Kader Bağlayınca) (translated)

Movie · 1976 · 13 people

Yeşilçam's Kader Bağlayınca (When Fate Connects) dates from 1976 and was directed by Orhan Aksoy. It mixes comedy, sentimental drama and a love triangle, and runs 87 minutes in colour on 35 mm. Erler Film produced it, with Türker İnanoğlu and Sehbani among the producers. It stars Tarık Akan and Gülşen Bubikoğlu.

The story unfolds around a nightclub. Murat, a photographer, and Zeynep, a flower seller, are lovers who quarrel constantly. A mob boss, Bekir, survives an attack thanks to Zeynep, then keeps her close and falls for her. Zeynep at first plays along to make Murat jealous, then sees things getting serious. After a lavish party Bekir takes her on a blue cruise by yacht, where Murat is hiding aboard and tension builds. Reza Beyk Imanverdi plays Bekir, with Kadir Savun, Turgut Özatay and Elif Pektaş in the cast and Nükhet Duru and Hayko as guest performers.

Fuat Özlüer and Erdoğan Tünaş wrote the screenplay and Çetin Gürtop shot it. The film sits between comedy and sentimental drama, balancing the hard face of the underworld against a light fable in which love wins out. Its main settings are the nightclub and a sea voyage.

DirectorOrhan Aksoy
Production companyErler Film

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Tarık Akan Tarık Akan Actor · died at 66 Murat Gülşen Bubikoğlu Gülşen Bubikoğlu Actor · 71 years old Zeynep Beyk İmanverdi Beyk İmanverdi Actor · died at 67 Bekir Nükhet Duru Nükhet Duru Singer · 72 years old Yadigar Ejder Actor · died at 43 Süheyl Eğriboz Süheyl Eğriboz Actor · died at 86 Muammer Gözalan Muammer Gözalan Actor · died at 76 Ekrem Dümer Ekrem Dümer Actor · died at 71 Nubar Terziyan Actor · died at 84 Hakkı Kıvanç Hakkı Kıvanç Actor · died at 83 Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm Actor · died at 95 Kadir Savun Actor · died at 69 Turgut Özatay Turgut Özatay Actor · died at 74

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

Seeing Tarık Akan and Gülşen Bubikoğlu share the frame is reason enough for anyone who misses Yeşilçam's sweet, squabbling romances. The endless bickering between Murat the photographer and Zeynep the flower seller carries the film's real warmth, and the nightclub and the blue cruise capture the colourful world of the period nicely. The love triangle that forms once the mob boss Bekir steps in holds few surprises, yet this light fable in which love wins knows how to warm the heart. It lacks the weight of the great classics, but it makes a pleasant evening film watched with goodwill.

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

A Yeşilçam film with comedy and romance that works for a family evening. The lovers' squabbles raise a smile, and at 87 minutes it is short and easy going. But there is the underworld, an attack and a nightclub setting, so it may feel a bit grown-up for small children. Better for teenagers and adults. For the older generation, the Tarık Akan and Gülşen Bubikoğlu pairing is a treat of its own.

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

Orhan Aksoy's film is a typical Yeşilçam product leaning on the star system of its day: the script is content to line up situations that show off the rapport between Tarık Akan and Gülşen Bubikoğlu. The tone swings between comedy and sentimental drama without fully settling on either; the mob boss Bekir is meant to feel dangerous, yet the story quickly folds him into a light fable. The love-triangle formula is familiar and the jealousy game plays out predictably. Still, the contrast between the nightclub and the yacht gives the film some visual variety, and moving from a crowded interior to the open sea suits the rising tension. Çetin Gürtop's colour photography carries the flavour of the period. Enjoyable for fans of the star pairing, limited as a notable piece of genre cinema.

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