Selen Uçer
Biography: Leyla Selen Uçer (born 5 May 1983) is a Turkish actress, best known for her role in the movie Ara and the play Bug. Uçer's parents were chemical engineers. She studied at St. George's Austrian High School and graduated from Boğaziçi University with a degree in chemistry. During her university years, she joined the Boğaziçi University acting club. She also attended the Istanbul University State Conservatory Singing Department. She studied at the Academy Istanbul with a scholarship for a year. She also completed her master's degree at Roosevelt University in Chicago with a scholarship. The play she wrote, American Dream, was staged by Ensemble Theater on Off-Broadway. Upon returning to Turkey, she was cast in the movie Anlat İstanbul, written by Ümit Ünal, in 2004. She also appeared in Külkedisi, directed by Selim Demirdelen. She then took part in DOT's adaptation of Bug. With her performance in Haldun Dormen's Kantocu at Istanbul City Theatres, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Musical or Comedy award at the Afife Jale Awards. She had a leading role in the 2007 movie Ara, directed by Ümit Ünal, portraying the character of Gül. For this role, she shared the Best Actress award at the 15th International Adana Film Festival with Ayça Damgacı. In 2008, she appeared as a prostitute in O... Çocukları. In 2009, she played the role of Emel in Binbir Gece. In the same year, she was cast in Hanımın Çiftliği as Asuman. In 2019, with her role in Ümit Ünal's Aşk, Büyü, vs. , she won the Golden Orange Award for Best Actress.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 05, 1983
Deathday: N/A
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The Voice
2010-03-05
The Voice
Overview: Derya works in a bank's call centers to support her elderly mother. One day her life is suddenly turned upside down as she begins to hear a strange voice whispering to her. The source of the voice is a mystery and it tells her things and facts no-one else would know. Word gets out, and many in the community start to believe she is receiving messages from the divine. But soon the voice starts to become louder and louder, its tone becomes more and more threatening and Derya’s life starts spiraling into a nightmare.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2010-03-05
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Yabancı
2012-04-19
Yabancı
Overview: Ozgur is a young woman who is the daughter of a refugee family fled to France. She is born and raised in Paris. After her father Huseyin's death, she comes to Istanbul to fulfill Huseyin's last wish. He wanted to be buried in his own country. But because of September 12 military coup d'etat period, Huseyin is no more a Turkish citizen. So this happens to be a great obstacle for Ozgur. This will force Ozgur to a journey both in Istanbul and herself. In this journey Ozgur will meet with her father's and mother's relatives who are completely different people. Most importantly she will meet with Ferhat who will deeply effect her. This journey will become a confrontation with themselves and 2011's Turkey for Ozgur and Ferhat.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2012-04-19
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Çekmeköy Underground
2015-03-13
Çekmeköy Underground
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Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2015-03-13
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Dilberay
2022-02-04
Dilberay
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2022-02-04
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Can
2012-05-11
Can
Overview: Loving Istanbul couple Ayşe and Cemal need only a child to complete their life together, but they cannot conceive. To salvage Cemal’s pride, they resort to illegal means to procure a baby. This wild grab at a more perfect life proves their undoing, leading the couple to spiral toward separate futures. The couple's estrangement is intertwined with the film’s parallel narrative, in which a distant and neglectful single mom is raising her little boy, Can.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2012-05-11
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Kutsal Bir Gün
2013-10-05
Kutsal Bir Gün
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2013-10-05
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A Step into the Darkness
2009-09-17
A Step into the Darkness
Overview: The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq. She makes a distressing journey through the border between Turkey and Iraq to find her brother who had been sent to Turkey for treatment.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2009-09-17
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Love, Bla Bla Bla
2023-09-23
Love, Bla Bla Bla
Overview: Adam and Eve are a couple in their early thirties. With the relationship fatigue that started in the third year of their union, the absence of old feelings and excitement especially bothers Eve. Eve's feisty and aggressive attitude pushes Adam away from her. In every argument they have, Eve accuses Adam of no longer loving himself, thinking about his former lover Eden, and even still being attracted to her. Adam and Eve, poisoned by a toxic relationship, break up after a night of arguing. The film focuses on the life of the separated but inseparable duo with a fantastic approach. Adam Decries God and heads to the world to find his Eve with a surreal journey that no one will believe, a downright fairy tale or even a lie, if he tells it, Eve cannot find her way out between the dark streets of her neighborhood and her house, where she feels the pain of separation in the deepest way, every inch of which is filled with the memory of love, falters, gets trapped.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2023-09-23
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İstanbul Tales
2005-04-11
İstanbul Tales
Overview: Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2005-04-11
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Morning-Noon-Evening
2013-11-24
Morning-Noon-Evening
Overview: A good husband and father of a 12-year-old girl, works as a driver for a wealthy family. Despite his seemingly peaceful nature, he too is capable of the most abject violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2013-11-24
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Oregon
2023-04-28
Oregon
Overview: Summer 1985, Istanbul. Hakan and Gaye want to give back a music tape to their friend Selen before they leave. Things won't go as planned.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2023-04-28
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The Playroom
2024-12-27
The Playroom
Overview: Fırat and Filiz are a couple in their 30s, married for seven years. Their marriage has entered a period of stagnation, so they come for a holiday to “Evcilik,” a quiet, very sweet small hotel near Assos in the northern Aegean town of Sivrice. At the hotel, they meet Özkan (50), a local villager who manages the cleaning and running of the entire hotel and the seaside restaurant, along with his wife, Aysun (30), a very beautiful woman. As Fırat and Filiz observe the relationship dynamics between the local couple, they both start seeing Özkan and Aysun in a completely different light. One day, while out on a hike up a deserted hill, supposedly searching for a historical ruin, Filiz suddenly mimics Aysun’s way of speaking and seduces Fırat by speaking in Aysun’s accent. From here, things take a turn. The balance of power shifts, and the story hurtles toward an unexpected, uncontrollable climax, like a truck with failed brakes.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-12-27
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Erkek Adam
2010-03-01
Erkek Adam
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2010-03-01
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Inflame
2017-05-12
Inflame
Overview: Hasret has been seeing the same nightmare for some time, but she keeps living unaware that what she sees is actually remembering. A 30-year-old woman who works in a News Channel, living alone in the flat left by her musician parents who died in a car crash twenty years ago. Is it? The question creeps into her mind, and then (or maybe even before) her life through recurring nightmares: Is it possible that her parents did not die in a car crash?
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2017-05-12
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O... Çocukları
2008-05-16
O... Çocukları
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2008-05-16
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Ara
2008-03-22
Ara
Overview: Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. They are stuck in the "space between". The whole action takes place in an almost empty flat which is belong to one of the characters. The camera goes out only once. But various other visuals from commercials, TV series' that has been shot in the same flat, sneak into the film. Spanning around 10 years, the story is told between intervals of these visuals. Turkey has been through a huge change in the last 20-30 years. The modest country of the recent past is a faded memory compared to the consumerist life style of modern day. It is the time of ambitious people who can do anything to "live well", to "break through". This is the story of a small group of people who manage to "live well" but can't help getting lost in a spiritual vacuum.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2008-03-22
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Love, Spells and All That
2021-07-21
Love, Spells and All That
Overview: In their youth, Eren and Reyhan, who grew up in Büyükada, had a great love. As soon as their families heard about this relationship, they separated them. Eren, the daughter of a wealthy family, returns to the island years later and finds Reyhan in an unexpected situation.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2021-07-21
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The Stranger
2019-04-21
The Stranger
Overview: The life of a seven-member commune living in an old theatre building changes one morning with the sudden appearance of a mysterious stranger. When a vote is cast, the majority agrees to accept the Stranger into the commune. Yet, this strange man soon arouses the suspicions of certain members. The commune setup begins to unravel as a gulf opens up between its members. Meanwhile, the Stranger’s failure to fit in makes him feel increasingly isolated and he starts to become a threat to the building. The person who comes closest to understanding him ends up being the commune’s youngest member, Girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2019-04-21
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Circle
2014-02-07
Circle
Overview: In the hard-boiled world, where will the soft-shelled end up? A cozy kind of extermination is on the stage and keeping a low profile. The decadence around us is nothing less than clandestine annihilation of the civil man. Yet it is carried out so well with a grinning face, it is officially sold as transition. Now that the tamed indulgent is striped off social justice, welfare, even denied the tender love of concentration camps and slavery plantations of past centuries. At least hand them a round of rope They have high expectations from taking things in their own hands. Circle is a peculiar story of an ordinary man caught between an untimely romance and a brave new hostile world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2014-02-07
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Zincirbozan
2007-04-11
Zincirbozan
Overview: The political drama "Zincirbozan" was written by journalist Avni Özgürel, and depicted the period between 1979 and 1983, the most tumultous years in the recent Turkish history. Zincirbozan shows a chronology of the most significant events in this period , such as the assassination of the famous journalist Abdi İpekçi, the escalating terrorism in the run up to the 1980 military coup, the futile attempts of politicians to stop the turmoil and terror on the streets, the military taking over the government, and the exiling of the political figures, and depicts the period with new insights into its less known aspects. The movie is named after the Zincirbozan military complex in the city of Çanakkale, where the leading politicans of the period were interned.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2007-04-11
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Death
2010-03-01
Death
Overview: Emre's (8) parents have temporarily left him at his grandmother and grandfather's summer house. Emre tries to pass the time by playing with his toys or walking on the beach with his friend Çiçek. His parents return to pick him up, and this return brings with it a reality that Emre will encounter for the first time in his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2010-03-01
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10 to 11
2009-09-25
10 to 11
Overview: Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a friendship with concierge Ali, another loner, who helps him save his collection. They involuntarily change each other’s fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Bornova Bornova
2009-11-13
Bornova Bornova
Overview: A story from Bornova, a neighborhood in Izmir. Two good friends Salih and Hakan spend their days in front of a grocery store waiting for a chance to do something with their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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A True Gentleman
2024-09-25
A True Gentleman
Overview: A charming male escort finds his life turned upside down when he starts to fall in love, challenging him to discover what he truly wants and needs.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-09-25
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Apollon by Day Athena by Night
2024-11-02
Apollon by Day Athena by Night
Overview: Defne travels to the ancient Mediterranean city of Side and encounters a revolutionary, a prostitute, a priestess, and other mysterious people. Guided by them, she searches for the mother who has abandoned her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2024-11-02
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