Cinemania

DRIVER NEBAHAT

• Director: Metin Erksan
• TURKEY / 1960 / HDD / B&W / 117´ / Turkish; English s.t.

• Screenplay: Ali Kaptanoğlu (Attila İlhan), Atıf Yılmaz, Metin Erksan
• Original Work: Ali Kaptanoğlu (Attila İlhan)
• Director of Photography: Ernest Von Theumer
• Editing: Erdoğan Esenboğa, Oral Özütürk
• Cast: Sezer Sezin, Kenan Pars, Kadir Savun, Diclehan Baban, Talat Gözbak, Sami Hazinses, Semih Sezerli, Ziya Metin, Erol Taş
• Producer: Naci Duru
• Production Co.: Duru Film
• World Sales: Murat Film

The character of “Driver Nebahat” played by Sezer Sezin, who started her film career in 1944, is embraced by audiences so thoroughly–and became a nickname for her for many years–that sequels were made in 1964 and 1965. Indeed, with its social references that surpass the film itself, “Driver Nebahat” has become a phrase in daily life and used to refer to women who “became mannish” in the working life. The film tells the story of Nebahat, who has to do a traditionally man’s job in order to exist in the public arena and gain her economic independence, and poses the question: should a woman “become mannish” in order to survive in a men’s world?

Driver Nebahat will be screened in commemoration of Sezer Sezin.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.