The Girl with the Red Scarf
Was that love? What is love?
1977 · 86 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama, Romance
İlyas, a truck driver from Istanbul, arrives in a remote village to work on a dam construction project and meets a young village woman named Asya. They fall madly in love and get married. However, their life together is fraught with conflict. When İlyas cheats on Asya, the final straw in their relationship, she takes her son and begins wandering without knowing where she is going, until a familiar hand reaches out to help her selflessly.
Directed by Atıf Yılmaz · Written by Ali Özgentürk
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Türkan Şoray Asya -
Kadir İnanır İlyas -
Ahmet Mekin Cemşit -
Hülya Tuğlu Dilek -
Nurhan Nur Asya's Mother -
Cengiz Sezici Can -
İhsan Yüce Ali -
Elif İnci Samet -
Perihan Doygun Neighbor Halime - M Mehmet Yigenoglu Truck Driver in the Station
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Erol Batıbeki - T Taci Ersan
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