FILM · 2007 · TURKEY
Sevgilim İstanbul
- Directed by
- Seçkin Yasar
- Runtime
- 99 min
9 archived facts 3 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
Irini, a young Greek woman, comes to İstanbul to trace the roots of her family.
Summary: TMDB
All facts (9)
- #001
The film was adapted to the present day from Nedim Gürsel's award-winning short story collection of the same name, published in 1986.
- #002
Although it was shot in 1999, production problems delayed its release until 13 April 2007.
- #003
It won the Best Film and Best Director awards at the 4th International Women's Film Festival in India, held in 2008.
- #004
The past of the Greek journalist İrini is rooted in witnessing her father's arrest and abduction by plainclothes police officers when she was six years old during the era of the Colonels' junta; news of her father's death arrived, but his body was never found.
- #005
İrini and Ali's paths cross at an international journalists' meeting in Paris; Ali is a Turkish journalist known for poking into dangerous subjects.
- #006
İrini comes to the city for the first time to see both her lover and Istanbul, her father's city, and after a few days Ali suddenly disappears.
- #007
Ali's disappearance draws İrini into a Kafkaesque search in Istanbul, accompanied by threatening phone calls and letters; in the process, images of her father and her lover become intertwined.
- #008
The film's cast includes Karyofyllia Karabeti, Alptekin Serdengeçti, Nişan Şirinyan, Gülen Çehreli, Erdinç Akbaş, Filiz Kutlar, Tunca Yönder, Köksal Engür, Murat Karasu, Nedim Saban, Atilla Şendil and Neşe Arda.
- #009
Directed by Seçkin Yaşar, the production is a drama feature film.
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