''Love in Another Language'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, starring

Mert Fırat Şahabettin Mert Fırat (born 10 January 1981) is a Turkish actor and screenwriter. Life His father is singer Nihat Fırat. After finishing high school, he studied radio and television broadcasting in Sweden. He then returned to Ankara and took a ...

as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker. The film, which went on nationwide general release on , won awards at film festivals in Antalya, Bursa and Ankara as well as the

3rd Yeşilçam Awards The 3rd Yeşilçam Awards (), presented by the Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture (TÜRSAK) and Beyoğlu Municipality, honored the best Turkish films of 2009 and took place on March 23, 2010, at the Lütfi Kırdar Congress and E ...

Production

The film was shot on location in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Plot

Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks of the people around him. At his friend Vedat's engagement party, he meets Zeynep, who later finds out about Onur's hearing disability, but is not bothered by it. She is forced by her overbearing father to leave home and gets a job at a call-center. Having to speak on the phone all day to people she doesn't know, Zeynep finds peace with Onur, who she communicates with perfectly without speaking...

Cast

- Onur *

Saadet Aksoy Saadet Işıl Aksoy (; born 29 August 1983) is a Turkish actress, who received critical acclaim with her portrayal of Aska, a red-haired punk trumpet player in Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto's film '' Twice Born'', in which she co-st ...

- Zeynep *

Lale Mansur Lale Mansur (née Yurdatapan; born 1956) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1988. Selected filmography References External links * 1956 births Living people Turkish former Sunni Muslims Turkis ...

- Kadife * Emre Karayel - Aras

Release

General release

The film opened in 38 screens across Turkey on at number nine in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $103,877.

Festival screenings

* 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival * 4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival *

21st Ankara International Film Festival The 21st Ankara International Film Festival was a film festival held in Ankara, Turkey that ran from March 11 to 21, 2010. This edition of the Ankara Film Festival, organized by The World Mass Media Research Foundation and accredited by FIPRESCI ...

Reception

Box office

The film twice reached number nine in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $771,785.

Awards

* 46th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ** City Council Jury's Special Award: İlksen Başarır (Won) * 4th Bursa International Silk Road Film Festival ** Best Actress Award:

(Won) ** Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) jury prize *

(11–21 March 2010) ** Best Leading Actor Award: Mert Fırat (Won) ** Best Leading Actress Award:

(Won) *

(March 23, 2010) ** Best Actor: Mert Fırat (Won)

References

External links

* for the film *
Başarır highlights social issue via modern-day romance
' discussion with the director * {{IMDb title, 1513713, Baska dilde ask 2009 films 2009 drama films Films set in Turkey Turkish drama films 2000s Turkish-language films