Ali Haydar Çataltepe

Kazara Aşk (Accidental Love) is a 2021 Turkish romantic comedy bursting with slapstick humor and chaotic charm. When Şimal — a small-town girl from Artvin — arrives in Istanbul to introduce her boyfriend to her family, everything goes spectacularly wrong. A chance collision with Civan, a wealthy playboy suffering from memory loss, sets off a snowballing chain of lies, mistaken identities, and unexpected feelings neither of them saw coming. Starring Sude Zülal Güler and Ümit Kantarcılar.

Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a story unfolds of an aging construction worker who, unlike his peers, has to drop all plans for the future after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor. This self-assured debut contemplates the dignity of the individual within the context of modern Turkish society.