Spoon Enemy
The Enemy of the Spoon

Director: Bilge Olgaç
Producer: Mustafa Özbey
Screenplay: Bilge Olgaç
Year: 1984
Director of photography: Ümit Gülsoy
Music: Happy Grandson
Cast: Perihan Savaş, Halil Ergün, Mesut Engin, İsmet Ay, Menderes Samancılar, Ayşegül Ünsal, Aliye Rona, Nuran Aksoy, Mert Egemen, Beyhan Akbaş
Production Company: Tek Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
Vision date:
Subject: The film tells the events that took place after the gas cylinder exploded during the wedding, together with the topics of bride price and customs.

Notes about the movie:
In a village, 92 people died as a result of a gas cylinder explosion in a house where there were women and children. After this disaster, the men of the village have to do the work undertaken by women. For men, doing housework is almost equated with losing their masculinity, and various unrest is experienced. They try to get married as the only solution, and in the meantime, they refer to women as "enemies of the spoon". In the movie, Olgaç points out women's problems in a humorous way.

Contents related to the movie:
Women in Turkish Cinema from the Perspective of Female Directors after 1980. Yaşartürk, G. (2004). Master's Thesis of Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television.

Awards:
21st Antalya Film Festival (1984) "The Third Most Successful Film" "The Most Successful Screenwriter" (Bilge Olgaç)
7th International Women's Film Festival Paris (1984) "First Prize"
French Journalists (1984) "Special Prize for the Press"

Source:
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.
Yaşartürk, G. (2004). “Women in Turkish Cinema After 1980 from the Perspective of Female Directors”. Master's Thesis of Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Fine Arts, Department of Cinema and Television.