Wedding
The Wedding

Director: Lütfi Ömer Akad
Producer: Hürrem Erman
Screenplay: Lütfi Ömer Akad
Year: 1973
Cinematographer: Gani Turanlı
Music: Metin Bükey
Cast: Hülya Koçyiğit, Ahmet Mekin, Hülya Şengül, Erol Günaydın, Turgut Boralı, Kamuran Usluer, İlknur Yağız, Sırrı Elitaş, Günay Güner, Ramazan Akboğa, Yaşar Şener, Ajlan Aktuğ, Altan Günbay
Production Company: Erman Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
Release date: December 1973
Subject: It tells the story of a family migrating from Anatolia to Istanbul, their failure to survive in the big city, and the process of starting a business by marrying off their sisters for bride price.

Notes about the movie:
The main character, Zeliha, exhibits an approach that stands against the traditional female stereotype by objecting to her siblings marrying for bride price. The story also centers on women and points to the changing position of women in society. While the woman is positioned as a victim, she also exists as a representative of change.

Contents related to the movie:
Lütfi Ö. Akad's Migration Trilogy: The Coming Crisis of Masculinity and the Rise of Women. Fazlıoğlu, F. N. (2019). TRT Academy, 4(7), 42-61.
Representations of women in social realist films in Turkish cinema: Bride, Wedding, Diyet trilogy. Kozan, T. (2019). Marmara University Social Sciences Institute Doctoral Thesis.
Re-reading a Trilogy in opposition to 'Modern-Traditional and Woman-Man': Bride, Wedding, Diet. Çöloğlu, D. (2013). Selçuk İletişim, 6(1), 144-153.

Awards:
“Best Film” at the 11th Antalya Film Festival (1974) Lütfi Ö. Akad “Best Director”
It came first in the Cinematheque Association's "Best Films of the Season" investigation.

Source:
Çöloğlu, D. (2013). Re-reading a Trilogy in opposition to 'Modern-Traditional and Woman-Man': Bride, Wedding, Diet. Selçuk İletişim, 6(1), 144-153.
Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.
Kozan, T. (2019). Representations of women in social realist films in Turkish cinema: Bride, Wedding, Diyet trilogy. Marmara University Social Sciences Institute Doctoral Thesis.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2014). Dictionary of Turkish Films 1914-2014. Istanbul: Republic of Turkey Culture and Tourism Ministry.