Seniha lives with her brother Halit and his wife Mükerrem. When Nüzhet, the handsome son of the richest family in town, sets his eyes on the married Mükerrem, she is at first disgusted with Nüzhet’s overt sexual innuendo. However, it isn’t long before Mükerrem yields to her lust and thus they embark on an affair. When Seniha finally reveals her sister-in-law’s un-virtuousness to her brother, Seniha has no idea what the consequences will be and how cruelly her destiny will change.
Acting
Öztürk's volcanic restraint as Seniha.
Cinematography
Shadows that literally swallow characters whole.
Direction
Demirkubuz's unblinking moral ambivalence.
Director
Zeki Demirkubuz
Nergis Öztürk
Seniha
Berrak Tüzünataç
Mükerrem
Serhat Tutumluer
Halit
Bora Cengiz
Nüzhet
Hasibe Eren
Ruyidil Kalfa
Nihal Koldaş
Nuriye
Serdar Orçin
Prosecuter (Savci)
Ferda Işıl
Maid Naime (Kalfa)
Reyhan İlhan
Serife Kadin (Cook)
Mustafa Uzunyılmaz
Dursun Efendi
Hakan Salınmış
Hayrettin
Rafi Emeksiz
Lawyer / Avukat Hüseyin Hikmet
Birsen Dürülü
Memduha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Demirkubuz adapted this from Somerset Maugham's 'The Painted Veil' but relocated it to 1930s Turkey, where Republican modernization clashed with rural patriarchal codes.
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