Midcezir Landscapes
Scenes of Ebb and Tide

Director: Mahinur Ergun
Producer: Erhan Erzurumlu
Screenplay: Neslihan Eyüpoğlu, M. Ergun
Year: 1989
Cinematographer: Ümit Ardabak
Music: Derya Köroğlu
Cast: Kadir İnanır, Zuhal Olcay, Yılmaz Zafer, Bülent Bilgiç, Bülent Ufuk, Zerrin Doğan, Baki Tamer, Meral Çetinkaya, Ümit Yesin
Production Company: Erka Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
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Plot: Zeynep, who studied in America and returned, falls in love with Erol. But he realizes that there are some impasses in their relationship. Her ex-lover starts receiving treatment from psychiatrist Ümit and realizes that Erol is mentally ill.

Notes about the movie:
It is one of the films that deals with women's issues. It tells the story of a woman who returns to Turkey to get married and have children after finishing her education in America, and falls in love with Erol, a macho man. Both Turkey's cultural climate of the 1980s and male-female relations are discussed from a western perspective.

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:
3rd Ankara Film Festival (1990) “Best Film”, Mahinur Ergun “Best Director”, Zuhal Olcay “Best Actress”, Kadir İnanır “Best Actor”

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.