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I had to go to this film because i owed Cagan Irmak - the writer and the director of the film - hours of great moments passed in front his amazing films like "Babam ve Oglum", "Issiz Adam" etc. The issue was not attractive to me : The weird relation between mother and the son, Gulseren and Egemen...

Egemen is a character you can pass by on the streets everyday but it's not valid for Gulseren who wander on the limits of schizophrenia and neurotism. She overprotects her life in her house and in this life there is no room for anyone other than Egemen. What is the reason of that kind of life and where will it take them are our main questions in "Karanliktakiler" (can be translated like "Ones in the dark").

I have to say that Irmak has his sign in his movies that i can identify in 15 minutes and it's deepening in this movie. But this is not my type of story! Meral Cetinkaya is shining in her role as Gulseren... Characters are well-written and the music which is hardly-played is good. To the ones who are attracted to the story...

I have never been feel spotted in the life, exposed like this film made me feel. Name of Cagan Irmak was enough reason for me to watch the movie because his name is more than "not disappointing me". His stories and the language he uses in his movies to transmit these stories the way he sees to us like he did in 'Babam ve Oglum', 'Mustafa Hakkinda Hersey' and his other films... It's amazing. So, even before I saw the film, I knew that I was gonna like it, or may be like it too much - which i did, too much. But it's not something about liking or not. Have you ever felt like grabbed by something and thrown like a stone to the sky like you're nothing? It was exactly how i feel when the film was over!

It's story of Alper and Ada. Alper is owner of a restaurant in Istanbul. He lives alone. He likes to live nice. One night stands are part of his life. And freedom is something not to be sacrificed. Then Ada shows up with all her charming, beautiful manner. A body and soul with full of life... Will she be able to manage to take him to the surface of the life? Is this passionate love powerful enough to lead its way? Is freedom really something not to be sacrificed? What is freedom? Is it being able to be lonely when you need it, or does it have another meaning?

It took time to catch myself again when the film was over. Irmak did it again... He dazzled me with his epic story of a modern life. But maybe because I found myself in this story, "Issiz Adam" (means "Deserted Man" in Turkish language) will be the most special one among his other films, maybe among all the other films. I also have to mention about the music. Mostly 70's and 80's old Turkish songs are used in the film. But each of them used in the movie is made you feel that it was made for the scene used. And director let us know about the characters as much as we should. Neither less, nor more than that, you don't have to deal with too much details.

It has been 5 days since I watched it and it's hard to say that i'm totally free of its influence. But I think I'm volunteered to be in this situation. I don't have a rush! Thank you whoever it goes...