Love, Spells and All That (2019)

Original title

Aşk, Büyü, vs.

Directed by

Ümit Ünal

Genre

romance, drama

Country

Turkey

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two women who had a teenage love affair in a small Turkish town are reunited 20 years later when one returns from Paris. The woman who stayed is uncertain about rekindling things, even though she once cast a love spell to make the other love her forever.

bittersweetmelancholicreflectiveslow-pacedwistfulcontemplativeintimatenostalgic

What happens

Love, Spells and All That (Turkish: Aşk, Büyü vs.) is a Turkish drama film, written and directed by Ümit Ünal and released in 2019. The film stars Selen Uçer as Reyhan and Ece Dizdar as Eren, two women in a small Turkish town who had a love affair as teenagers but were separated when Eren went away to university in Paris; now, 20 years later, Eren returns wanting to rekindle their relationship, but Reyhan is uncertain even though she had once cast a love spell to make Eren love her forever. The film's cast also includes Ayşenil Şamlıoğlu, Uygar Özçelik, Emrah Kolukisa, Damla Ersan, Tonguç Rador, Murat Toprak, Sirzat Bilallar, Melisa Demir, Gizem Katmer, Rohat Culum, Ramazan Alkan, Serhat Gonen, Eyüp Kelen, Onur Alkan, Alaattin Ekin, Muharrem Dursun, Kasim Arli, Yilmaz Arli, Melik Alkan, Kerim Ünal, Ilhan Alkan and Görkem Mertsöz. The film premiered at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in 2019. It was picked up for international distribution by TLA Releasing in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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