“Aşk Nerede?” is a 2015 Turkish romantic comedy directed by Semra Dündar and Özlem Dündar. The movie is titled “Aşk Nerede?” which means “Where is Love?” This film has a common plot wherein people look for love in all the wrong places. Overall, it’s an interesting film where in […]
Plot Summary:
Meet Efsun (played by Ayça Erturan) a woman in her late twenties who has to cope with the race to find love and begin a family. This time she got tired of waiting for the “Mr. As a result, she puts in her efforts to look for her ideal man and is in a hurry that time is running out or so she thinks. However, her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Umut (played by Furkan Palalı), a taxi driver who at first seems like the exact opposite of her “ideal” man.
In the course of this unconventional relationship, something wonderful and unexpected happens to both of them. Anticipated attention is showered upon Umut who is blunt, humble and down to earth compared to the posh men that Efsun had imagined marrying. The story concentrates on how their relationship develops and how Efsun begins to understand love after getting to know Umut where it is not about hot guys and what’s on the outside but the inside and true affection.
Key Characters:
Efsun (Ayça Erturan): The main character in the story, who is pursuing her career and searching for the love of her life and a start to a family with children.
Umut (Furkan Palalı): He is a warm-hearted taxi driver, sincere in his feelings. He gets embroiled in Efsun’s life and makes her rethink her definition of a man.
Ozan (Sedef Avcı): Efsun’s loyalty and supportive best friend who also provides some much-needed comic relief in the midst of Efsun’s quest in search of love.
Themes:
Looking for Love: In a funny way, the film also portrays the attempts of young girls and women to find a mate in the modern world, that is, the process of looking for the one getting married.
Love Comes in Different Shapes: The course of Efsun embodies a typical cliche that love has to fit in the box, only to figure out that love comes in all shapes and sizes.
Societal Pressures: The theme of the film also criticizes the norms about marriage and relationships in the society, particularly in Turkey, which is often the case in many similar movies.
Reception:
Predictably, “Aşk Nerede?” has become popular within the target audience submersed in the world of Turkish romantic comedies. Many remarked on available impressions with the authors’ versions of sequence and lead actors. Somehow, the film is still in the realm of average romantic comedy, which does not always merit novelty but still benefits from a lot of feelings evoked, some level humor and heart finesse.
