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7.6
/10
1,015 Ratings

WEDDING DANCE

Kasap Havası

Directed by Çiğdem Sezgin
Turkey, 2015
Drama
  • 125125 minutes

Synopsis

Taxi driver Ahmet, who is about to get engaged to the young girl his mother pushes for, starts a passionate affair with the tailor Leyla, who is his elder. Semih’s return will be a great danger to Ahmet and Leyla’s relationship. From now on, nothing will remain the same.

Synopsis

Taxi driver Ahmet, who is about to get engaged to the young girl his mother pushes for, starts a passionate affair with the tailor Leyla, who is his elder. Semih’s return will be a great danger to Ahmet and Leyla’s relationship. From now on, nothing will remain the same.

Our take

Exploring the emotional turbulence of a woman resisting societal rules, Çiğdem Sezgin’s gripping film reveals the raw, unsettling moments that come from defiance. A collision between passion and tradition, Wedding Dance sees love, guilt, and duty spiral into a perfect storm of conflicting desire.