This film feels like a romantic epic, yet not one shot is gratuitous. Every camera movement, every color, every song choice rapidly propels you forward and further into the lives of the characters. A case where the right actors have been cast in the right roles, the making-of vignette on the dvd alludes to the fact that Birol Ünel was able to exorcise his own demons (of the alcoholic variety) through returning to Istanbul and in making this film.