

She faked love to steal his money. Oops, now it's real.
Sema, a young woman, is involved in fraud with her boyfriend Kemal. The couple's latest plan is to swindle a businessman named Ayhan. According to the plan, Sema must make Ayhan fall in love with her. However, things do not go as they expected, and Sema truly falls in love with Ayhan.
Acting
Nazan Şoray's eyes do ALL the heavy lifting
Production
1980s Istanbul glamour shots hit different

Director
Nazmi Özer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Balayı captures 1980s Turkey's obsession with yalı life and upward mobility through marriage.
Director Nazmi Özer specialized in women-on-the-edge melodramas; this is basically his thesis statement.