BIHTER: A FORBIDDEN PASSION

2023

Amazon Original movie from Turkey unlocks a new perspective on Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil’s novel, Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love). Explore the love by diving into the thoughts of the heroine. Bihter sees marrying rich but elderly Adnan an escape from societies labels. However Bihter is engulfed by desires for Behlül, a relative of Adnan. Bihter is the story of passion, infidelity, courage, and cowardice.