Love in Another Language


Love in Another Language is a 2009 Turkish drama film directed by İlksen Başarır, starring Mert Fırat as a young deaf man who falls in love with a call-center worker. The film, which went on nationwide general release on, won awards at film festivals in Antalya, Bursa and Ankara as well as the 3rd Yeşilçam Awards.

Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey.

Plot

Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks of the people around him. At his friend Vedat's engagement party, he meets Zeynep, who later finds out about Onur's hearing disability, but is not bothered by it. She is forced by her overbearing father to leave home and gets a job at a call-center. Having to speak on the phone all day to people she doesn't know, Zeynep finds peace with Onur, who she communicates with perfectly without speaking...

Cast

General release

The film opened in 38 screens across Turkey on at number nine in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $103,877.

Festival screenings

Box office

The film twice reached number nine in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $771,785.

Awards