Love Is Colder Than Death

Under Turkish legislation, women have equal rights, but they are often subject to the unwritten law of men. Loosely based on the life story of a politically galvanizing singer who was disfigured and eventually murdered by her macho ex-husband, comes this tragic rags-to-riches story which centers on Belgin, an illiterate blonde bombshell whose vocal talents aid her in graduating from being a belly dancer in a low rent dive to becoming a singing idol of arabesque songs in contemporary Turkey. Unlike typical women of her country, Belgin is neither submissive nor silent in private—and, especially, refuses to pretend to be so, even if in public. She asks the man she loves to accept her way of life, but pays a severe price. –Inbaseline