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77% Critic Match
The Girl with the Red Scarf
“Was that love? What is love?”
7.7 / 10• 1977• 1h 26m•NR• Turkish
DramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Türkan Şoray
Asya
Lead
Kadir İnanır
İlyas
Ahmet Mekin
Cemşit
Hülya Tuğlu
Dilek
Nurhan Nur
Asya's Mother
Cengiz Sezici
Can
İhsan Yüce
Ali
Elif İnci
Samet
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Atıf Yılmaz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Girl with the Red Scarf is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
