Harem Suare is a 1999 Turkish drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
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Plot
The old Safiye is telling a young woman the life that she lived during the early 1900s. The beautiful young Safiye is the favorite of the sultan, a man tormented by the crisis of the monarchy and the displacement of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Safiye is the most beautiful girl in the Sultan's harem, but she is in love with the young Nadir, a eunuch of the personal guard of the sultan. The two young lovers together plan a future, but the war breaks out, and the girl is forced to escape from her country. After arriving in Italy, Safiye is forced to trade on her beauty, performing on stage in theatre.
Cast
Marie Gillain as Safiye
Alex Descas as Nadir
Lucia Bosé as Old Safiye
Valeria Golino as Anita
Malick Bowens as Midhat
Christophe Aquillon as Sumbul
Serra Yılmaz as Gulfidan
Haluk Bilginer as Abdulhamit
Pelin Batu as Cerkez Cariye
Nilufer Acikalin as Selma (as Nilüfer Açikalin)
Ayla Algan as Valide
Meriç Benlioğlu
Cansel Elcin as Journaliste
Başak Köklükaya as Gulbahar
Gaia Narcisi as Aliye
Selda Özer as Guya
