Ayla: The Daughter of War (Turkish: Ayla; Korean: 아일라) is a 2017 South Korean-Turkish drama film directed by Can Ulkay. It was selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3][4]
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Directed by | Can Ulkay |
Written by | Yigit Güralp |
Produced by | Caglar Ercan Christopher HK Lee Evrim Sanal Ayse Ilker Turgut Mustafa Uslu |
Starring | Çetin Tekindor İsmail Hacıoğlu Kim Seol Ali Atay Damla Sönmez Murat Yıldırım |
Music by | Fahir Atakoglu |
Production company | Dijital Sanatlar Production |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
Countries | Turkey South Korea |
Languages | Turkish Korean English |
Box office | $16.2 million[1][2] |
Plot
editTurkey sends a brigade to South Korea as a result of the call for help made by the United Nations when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. Sergeant Süleyman, one of the soldiers in the brigade, finds a little girl whose mother and father were murdered on the battlefield. Sergeant Süleyman gives her the nickname Ayla because he found her in the moonlight. The two form a friendship despite the language barrier between them, but are torn apart when Süleyman had to return home.[5][6]
Cast
edit- Çetin Tekindor as Sergeant Süleyman
- İsmail Hacıoğlu as young Sergeant Süleyman
- Lee Kyung-jin as Ayla
- Kim Seol as child Ayla
- Ali Atay as Ali
- Damla Sönmez as Nuran
- Murat Yıldırım as Lieutenant Mesut
- Claudia "Memory Monroe" as Marilyn Monroe[7]
- Eric Roberts as Maj. Gen. Coulter
Production
editAyla is based on the true story of Kim Eun-ja and Süleyman Dilbirliği, whose real-life reunion was shown in the 2010 Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation documentary Kore Ayla directed by Chuncheon MBC .[3][8][9] In casting held in South Korea in 2016, child actress Kim Seol, who had previously played the role of Jin-ju in the popular South Korean television series Reply 1988, was chosen for the role of young Ayla.[9] Ko Eun-min played the role of young Ayla's mother.[10]
Filming began in 2016.[11] The film was sponsored by Turkish Airlines, with support from Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Most of the filming was carried out in Turkey.[3][5] Filming in Turkey was completed in June 2017.[10] The first screening of the movie was held on 11 September 2017 within the scope of the Toronto International Film Festival.[citation needed] The film was released on 27 October 2017 in Turkey and 21 June 2018 in South Korea.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ayla". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Ayla". The Numbers. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Türkiye'nin Oscar adayı belli oldu". Hürriyet Daily News. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (25 August 2017). "Oscars: Turkey Selects 'Ayla: The Daughter of War' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ a b Betul, Sinem (2 May 2017). "'Ayla,' a movie based on a heart-breaking 65-year-old real-life story". Korea.net. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Robert (25 August 2017). "Turkey Selects True-Life Drama 'Ayla' as Foreign-Language Oscar Entry". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Tarihi, Güncellenme (25 May 2021). "Ayla filmi oyuncuları kimdir, nerede çekildi? Ayla filminde Marilyn Monroe kim?". CNN Türk. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ 'MBC 스페셜' 한국전쟁 고아소녀 아일라(김은자), 60년 만에 만난 터키 아버지와 눈물의 포옹 [MBC Special: Korean War orphan Ayla (Kim Eun-ja) meets with Turkish father after sixty years in tear-filled scene]. Busan Ilbo. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ a b '응팔' 진주 김설, 한국-터키 합작영화 ‘아일라’ 주연 발탁 [Kim Seol, who played Jin-ju in 'Reply 1988', chosen for role in South Korea–Turkey joint production 'Ayla']. Newsen. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ a b 고은민, 한국*터키 합작영화 '아일라'출연…터키 현지촬영 완료 [Ko Eun-min appears in Turkish joint production 'Ayla'; local filming in Turkey complete]. Korea Economic Daily Television. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (30 October 2017). "Ayla: The Daughter Of War' Director On Bringing Harrowing True Story To The Big Screen". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Erdogan Banned Turkish Reporter From Twitter Because He Doesn't Care What You Think". Huffington Post. April 2020.