the audience applauded

Must See Movie...

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

This melodrama has it all - Gul (Hulya Kocyigit) is a blind girl whose sight miraculously returns, and resumes her career as a singer in a Gazino. She falls in love with fortuneteller Murat (Kadir Inanir), but their love-affair cools and Murat ends up falling on hard times. Gul ends up pursuing her career, while Murat has to rely on the consolation of his two friends - making the three friends of the title - Mustik (Halit Akcatepe) and Artin (Musfik Kenter). Memduh Un's film is a prime example of Yesilcam melodrama, full of abrupt cuts, zooms into the protagonists, musical interluded, intercuts between the protagonists, and dramatic music. It's a fascinating record of a long-defunct genre, whose techniques have been appropriated by the contemporary Turkish diziler (or series). The film offers interesting perspective of Istanbul in the early Seventies, as well as recording full-blooded performances by the costars Inanir and Kocyigit. Definitely worth a watch on a tedious afternoon.