After the release, Iki Gemi Yanyana (Two Ships Side by Side) stirred controversy over its treatment of lesbians, showing two women kissing each other on the lips (later, in Dul BirKadın (A Widow), director Atıf Yılmaz took up the same theme again). This scene creates a moment of interest in this otherwise conventional film.
Direction
Yılmaz sneaking radical tenderness into a mainstream adventure framework.
Director
Atıf Yılmaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film emerged during a brief window of Turkish cinematic liberalization; Yılmaz would revisit lesbian themes more explicitly in Dul Bir Kadın twelve years later, suggesting he considered this version unfinished business.
The kiss scene was reportedly added after principal photography, shot quickly with minimal crew to prevent leaks — making its survival a small miracle of archival preservation.
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