Turkish Movie Night: Lovelorn
Idealist elementary school teacher Nazim (named after the great Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet) retires and returns home to Istanbul after 15 years of teaching in a poor, remote Kurdish village in Eastern Turkey. Politely ignored by his own children who secretly despise him for having chosen his ideals over his family, he begins a new life as a taxi driver.
One night, he meets Dunya, a down-on-her-luck divorcee who works as a "singer" in a sleazy nightclub. Before he knows it, Nazim takes Dunya and her daughter in to protect them from Dunya’s stalker ex-husband Halil. Gonul Yaras? (Lovelorn) features an outstanding ensemble cast, and the inimitable Sener Sen.
