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Released
1974 · FILM

Özleyis

Directed by
Aram Gulyuz
Written by
Hamdi Degirmencioglu
Language
TR
DramaRomance

Synopsis

The film tells the story of Ayşe, who was falsely accused years ago and left her hometown and loved ones to reunite with her mother. Raised by her grandmother, Ayşe grows up knowing nothing about her mother and father. Years later, when she returns to her hometown, she accidentally learns the truth about her mother and father. According to rumors, her father Orhan cheated on her mother Bahar with her closest friend and then committed suicide. When this news spread throughout the town, Bahar was branded a prostitute. Ayşe travels to Istanbul to hear the rumors from her mother herself. When she finds her mother, she realizes that she is innocent and returns to the town. Her goal is to make sure that the whole town learns the truth.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ozdemir AritanShot by Huseyin Ozsahin

Box Office

1974 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$100K

Budget$55K
Worldwide gross$100K
break-even (2.5×)

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