''Alone'' () is a 2008 Turkish

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written and directed by

Çağan Irmak Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish people, Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series ''Çemberimde Gül Oya'' (2004–2005) and ''Asmalı ...

. The movie has received widespread interest from the Turkish media and had an outstanding performance in the box-office. The film's Turkish title ''Issız Adam'' is a

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, as it can mean "Abandoned Man", "My Abandoned Island", and "My Lonely Ada", Ada being the name of the female lead character.

Plot

The film follows the lives of two people who live in

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who happen to meet each other in a second-hand book shop. Alper is from Tarsus. He and Ada live different lives; Alper is a free-spirited man in his thirties who is the owner and the cook of a popular restaurant whereas Ada is a humble girl in her late twenties who designs child costumes for a living. Alper follows Ada to her shop after the initial meeting but she acts coldly towards him and insists that she doesn't want a serious relationship and throws coffee on him. She later calls him to apologize and Alper asks her out once more. She is reluctant at first but agrees to have dinner at his house and they end up sleeping together. It's the beginning of a moving relationship between them. But soon things begin to go wrong. Alper feels his freedom flying away and the need to utilize prostitutes, as he did before he met Ada. He can't bear the weight of a serious relationship whereas Ada is deeply in love and unable to sense anything unusual. Despite Alper's mother's warning about never letting Ada go, Alper breaks up with her just when their relationship seemed at its best. Ada is devastated and slaps him in the face before leaving. Alper seems happy for himself and for her after the break-up but then falls into depression and feels remorse. Four years later, Alper is taking his friend's son to the cinema where he meets Ada, now married with a daughter and living in

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. Their conversation is polite and they act as if they were over each other, but in their thoughts we learn that Ada secretly visited Alper's mother and found out more about his past; and that Alper sits every day in front of her shop imagining that she still works there. They share one tearful last hug before Alper leaves confused and desolate as they look at each other for the last time. Ada imagines a happy ending, an ending they deserved. The film mainly emphasises the desolation and seclusion of modern life and its consequences on the romantic relationship between Alper and Ada.

Cast

Cemal Hünal Cemal Hünal (born 2 October 1976) is a Turkish actor. He studied at Saint Benoit French High School and went on to study theatre and acting at Santa Monica College, UCLA and London Film School. His breakthrough role is ''Kerim'' in hit seri ...

as Alper *

Melis Birkan Melis Birkan (born 15 July 1982) is a Turkish actress. She graduated from ballet department for elementary school, high school and modern dance department for university in State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. She is best kn ...

as Ada * as Müzeyyen *

Şerif Bozkurt Şerif, also spelt Ŝerif in the Balkans, is a Turkish masculine given name, based on the Arabic name Sharif. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Šerif Berbić (born 2001), Swiss footballer * Şerif Bey Khimshiashvili (died 1892 ...

as Senol *

Gözde Kansu Gözde Kansu (born 23 August 1980) is a Turkish actress. Kansu studied at İzmir Tevfik Fikret High School. She is a graduate of Dokuz Eylül University School of Fine Arts with a degree in theatre studies. She first started learning ballet an ...

as Sinem * Aslı Aybars as Yasemin *

Goncagül Sunar Goncagül Sunar (born 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 ...

as Müşteri Kadın * as Alper'in Arkadaşı

References

External links

* * {{Çağan Irmak 2008 films 2000s Turkish-language films 2008 romantic drama films Films set in Turkey Films set in Istanbul Films directed by Çağan Irmak Turkish romantic drama films