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Dert Bende

1973 · 80 min

A heartfelt melodrama of tangled affections, where quiet longing and difficult choices keep you absorbed in the sisters' emotional struggle.

Directed by
Orhan Elmas
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Türkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Meral Zeren
Overview
The love lives of two sisters who are in love with the same man are intertwined. And when one of them decisively decides to get married, things get really complicated.

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Directed by
Orhan Elmas
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Türkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Meral Zeren
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Türkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Meral Zeren, Mesut Engin, Esin Engin, Nihat Ziyalan, Ömer Dönmez, Vedat Yıldırımbora
Runtime
80 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
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