''İki Genç Kız'' (The international working title is ''2 Girls'') is a 2005 Turkish film by

Kutluğ Ataman Kutluğ Ataman (born 1961 in Istanbul Turkey) is an acclaimed Turkish-American contemporary artist and feature filmmaker. Ataman's films are known for their strong characterization and humanity. His early art works examine the ways in which peo ...

that won a Golden Orange award. It was produced by Gulen Guler Hurley and stars

Feride Çetin Feride Çetin (born 5 November 1980) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than ten films since 2005. Selected filmography References External links * 1980 births Living people Turkish film actresses Turkish televisio ...

, Vildan Atasever, and

Hülya Avşar Hülya Avşar (born 10 October 1963) is a Turkish-Kurdish actress, singer, businesswoman and former beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for numerous films and hit revenge series "Kadın İsterse". Her international roles include Safiye ...

. The film is based on Perihan Mağden's novel ''

İki Genç Kızın Romanı ''2 Girls'' (''İki Genç Kızın Romanı'' in Turkish) is a novel by Turkish writer Perihan Mağden, first published in 2002. The novel tells the story of two teenager girls with polar characteristics drawn into each other, forming an intense ...

'' (translated into English as ''2 Girls''), and it follows the novel's plot closely, although it diverges from it at some points. The film is about two teenage girls, Behiye (Feride Çetin) and Handan (Vildan Atasever), with contrasting characteristics and backgrounds, forming a close relationship with sexual implications. As they become closer and closer the relationship becomes more fragile, and the impossibility of the survival of their relationship becomes more evident over time. Economic, social, psychological, and sexual problems come in the way. Experimental band Replikas provided the music for the film, which was published in 2006 on the ''Film Müzikleri'' album.

Awards

The movie won 14 prizes in 2005 at the

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...

, the most prestigious film awards in Turkey. These awards included Best Actress for Vildan Atasever, Best Cinematography for Emre Erkmen, and Best Director for

. Kutluğ Ataman was also awarded Best Director at the

Istanbul International Film Festival The Istanbul Film Festival () is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Turkey. As mentioned in its reg ...

for this film.

References

External links

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Official page

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