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Borrowed Bride

Borrowed Bride

2005 1h 40mRomanceHistoryDrama

Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests......

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Synopsis

Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests......

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Atıf YılmazAtıf YılmazDirectorTarık GünerselTarık GünerselWriterGül DiricanWriterKenan OrmanlarCinematography

Cast

Nurgül YeşilçayNurgül YeşilçayKostak EmineMüjde ArMüjde ArİffetOnur ÜnsalOnur ÜnsalAliFüsun DemirelFüsun DemirelÇenetoŞevket ÇoruhŞevket ÇoruhHasanEylem YıldızEylem YıldızNeşeFikret HakanFikret HakanTalatMetin AkpınarMetin AkpınarTavidRezzan MetinSinger 3Vahdet ÇakarVahdet ÇakarTheater Manager

Director

Atıf Yılmaz

Writers

Tarık Günersel, Gül Dirican

Release date

18 Feb 2005

Runtime

1h 40m

Box office

$0.5M

Studio

Cinegram

Language

English, Finnish, French

Countries

Turkey,Greece

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