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The Girl with the Red Scarf

The Girl with the Red Scarf

Was that love? What is love?

19777.71h 26m

Overview

İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.

Directed by Atıf Yılmaz
Written by Ali Özgentürk, Chinghiz Aitmatov
Produced by Arif Keskiner
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Top Cast

Türkan Şoray

Türkan Şoray

Asya

Kadir İnanır

Kadir İnanır

İlyas

Ahmet Mekin

Ahmet Mekin

Cemşit

Hülya Tuğlu

Hülya Tuğlu

Dilek

Nurhan Nur

Nurhan Nur

Asya's Mother

Cengiz Sezici

Cengiz Sezici

Can

İhsan Yüce

İhsan Yüce

Ali

Elif İnci

Elif İnci

Samet

Perihan Doygun

Perihan Doygun

Neighbor Halime

M

Mehmet Yigenoglu

Truck Driver in the Station

Themes & Keywords

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About The Girl with the Red Scarf

The Girl with the Red Scarf is a drama, romance film released in 1977 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, turkey. Directed by Atıf Yılmaz, it stars Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Ahmet Mekin. İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.

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