Leyla and Mecnun Abroad
Director Zeynep Ozkaya
Countries
Duration 61 min
Synopsis
This is a love story about my mother's everlasting love for my father and the consequences of their migration from Turkey to the Netherlands. In contrary to how I remember my parents, their love story starts with " They were like Leyla and Mecnun". The story of Leyla and Mecnun is a well known love story throughout the islamic world, which one compare to Romeo en Juliet. For centuries Mecnun expresses his passionate feelings of love for Leyla with poetry and songs, but where is Leyla's voice?
This is a love story about my mother's everlasting love for my father and the consequences of their migration from Turkey to the Netherlands. In contrary to how I remember my parents, their love story starts with " They were like Leyla and Mecnun". The story of Leyla and Mecnun is a well known love story throughout the islamic world, which one compare to Romeo en Juliet. For centuries Mecnun expresses his passionate feelings of love for Leyla with poetry and songs, but where is Leyla's voice?