Sevmedim Deme

I went in completey blind on this one , only knowing the title and that it was Turkish.

It starts out rather ominously with a car accident and the death of a father, the son in the army is distraught but takes comfort in singing, songwriting and trying to make a living as a musician.

Meanwhile in a different town in Turkey another young man is also struggling to make it as a solo musician.

Even half way in I hadn't realised that this was based on a true story, but that's hardly surprising really, I am not familiar with popular music in Turkey.

When the two men simultaneously upload their latest songs to the internet a record producer in Istanbul recognises their talent and sees their potential as a pop music duo. The two men are invited to Istanbul and initially they are not interested in being a duo, but as they come to know and respect each other they find common ground , become friends and start writing a song together. There are still hurdles to overcome both family and professionally but together the musicians start to have popular success as Kurtulus Kus and Burak Bulut.

It's a heartwarming and inspiring story that you can, with talent , determination, and help from family and friends, achieve your dreams.

It's quite a long film but we'll paced and the uplifting songs are nice, keeping it very watchable.

Some of the supporting cast weren't great actors but that's more than made up by the talented Kurtulus and Burak.

The hustle and bustle of Turkish culture and especially Istanbul are interesting to see and add some nice cityscape cinematography too.

I'm a person who loves the characters a lot, but the emotions are not sufficiently processed in the film. In other words, it goes like short episodes, not like a movie, the transitions are not successful. My expectation from the movie was that we see the past years of the character. However, it should be appreciated that the value of musicians in Turkey is unfortunately understood after they die and their films are made, on the contrary, it is nice to watch the films of musicians who are alive and have a live audience. Let's talk about songs, it fits my style, I don't listen to a fixed style in general, I listen to all kinds of music. As I said at the beginning, I chose to watch it because there were people I loved, but it was insufficient, I was expecting a better production. Kind regards.