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Saturday, February 9, 2008 Movie Showtime at 7:00pm Social Hour: 6:00 to 7:00pm with refreshments South Coast Chinese Cultural Center 9 Truman, Irvine, CA 92620 Tel: (949) 608-3402 Donations: $8 General Public; 25% discount for Members/Students Free pass for Contributing Members

Drama
Released in 2007

126 minutes
Turkish with English Subtitles

Based on a novel by Zulfu Livaneli
Directed by
Abdullah Oguz
Cast overview
Talat Bulut, Özgü Namal, Murat Han, Mustafa Avkiran, Emin Gursoy
Awards
The Golden Orange Film Festival: Five awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress

Synopsis:
17-year-old Meryem is found unconscious by a lake. Her family, who lives in a village in eastern Turkey, thinks that she has willingly had her chastity corrupted and decides to kill her by the necessity of custom. The task is given to her close relative Cemal. Meanwhile, a well-known sociology professor Irfan Kurudal sets sail, leaving the life he lived in Istanbul as a result of the identity crisis he has been going through. Meryem and Cemal cross paths with Professor Kurudal unexpectedly on their journey of death. Are these three people now going to be able to forge their own destiny on this journey? Will they get a second chance at happiness?

Adapted from Zülfü Livaneli's international best-selling novel, director Abdullah Oguz's drama is filled with intensity, vivid cultural clash, fine music and some absolutely stunning scenery (the film was shot on the Sea of Marmara). But ultimately it is the figure of Meryem, a young woman struggling to live in a culture that condones the practice of female honor killings that gives the film its heart. Meryem's decision to live, and ultimately, to enjoy her life is the quiet revolution that ignites the entire story.

Filmin Öyküsü:

Van'ın bir köyünde yaşayan 17 yaşındaki Meryem (Özgü Namal), perişan ve baygın halde, bir göl kenarında bulunur. Ailesi, kızlarının bir namussuzluk yaptığını düşünerek töre gereği öldürülmesine karar verir. Öldürme görevi ise, Gabar Dağları'nda komando olarak askerliğini tamamlayan yakın akrabası Cemal'e (Murat Han) verilir. Çıktıkları ölüm yolculuğunda, Meryem ve Cemal'in yolları Profesör İrfan Kurudal (Talat Bulut) ile kesişir ve bu karşılaşma üçünün de kaderlerini değiştirecek mutluluğa doğru bir yolculuğun başlangıcı olur.

Zülfü Livaneli'nin Türkiye'de 39 baskı yapan romanından uyarlanan Mutluluk'un ödüllü müzikleri de yine sanatçıya ait.  Zülfü Livaneli’nin romanından uyarlanan ‘Mutluluk’ filmi, ilk ödülünü aldı. Avrupa Film Konseyi, Türk- Yunan ortak yapımı filme, ‘İnsan Hakları Ödülü’nü verdi.

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