''Love, Spells and All That'' ( tr, Aşk, Büyü vs.) is a Turkish drama film, written and directed by

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and released in 2019. The film stars

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as Reyhan and

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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

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; now, 20 years later, Eren returns wanting to rekindle their relationship, but Reyhan is uncertain even though she had once cast a

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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

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in 2019. It was picked up for international distribution by

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in 2021.Melissa Kasule
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'', 11 August 2021.

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* {{Inside Out Audience Award, Feature 2019 films 2019 drama films 2019 LGBT-related films Turkish drama films Turkish LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films Turkish-language films Lesbian-related films