#TamBirCentilmen #ÇagatayUlusoy #ATrueGentleman
On September 26, 2024, the film A True Gentleman will be released on the international Netflix platform, in which Çagatay Ulusoy plays the role of a gigolo named Saygin, alongside the actress Ebru Sahin in role Nehir, Senay Gürler in role Serap and Haki Biçici in role Kado. The film was directed by Onur Bilgetay and the script was written by Deniz Madanoglu.
Actor #ÇagatayUlusoy's performance in the movie #TamBirCentilmen ( #ATrueGentleman) is like a kaleidoscope, where the versatility of presenting the role of Saygin to the viewers is magical. The actor, like a chameleon, defines through the art of interpretation all those feelings of bitterness, meant to shape the portrait of the character being interpreted.
The soul experiences of sadness, uncertainty, bliss, nostalgia, joy, regret, etc., are all gathered in this film and can be found in the words: "Hope", "Past", "Present" and "Future".
Saygin lives literally, every action of the film, which he writes masterfully, as if it were the last moment of his life, without stops, without fear, with ardor.
Saygin puts his soul in the hands of viewers, managing to reveal himself, reactivate, reinvent himself, when he deems it necessary. But there is a message of reinvention, a message that must be understood properly, because I believe that each of us has the right to a second chance in life to start all over again.
He is gigolo in movie. All these women are vulnerable, feel abandoned and no longer find in their subconscious, that self-respect. Basically Saygin is the man who licks their wounds, healing their suffering hearts.
It is a deep message, coming from a man who had chosen this profession of need, he remained at a young age without a mother and without education, together with his friend childhood sweetheart, Kado, played by Haki Biçici. His rebellion only begins when he meets his first love, Nehir.
Every phone call received from Serap reminds Saygin who he really is, in front of the innocent Nehir, played by the actress Ebru Şahin. His smiles fade, his face distorts, his eyes grow weary with the appearance of sadness, and his gaze is lost between the present and the tormenting memories of the past.
The past haunts him, and because of that past, Saygin has things he hates. In the end, we will notice that with his rebirth, all those things he hated (cigarettes, Farfalle pasta, etc.) will be part of the present.
As a child, Saygin had to do the household chores, starting with food and everything else that was necessary, while his mother was immobilized in bed. Practically, all the pains of the world had accumulated on this boy's shoulders during his childhood.
In the film he appears as a man who has financial power but is not happy and has never been in love. He rarely smiles, forced.
Saygin's eyes reflect all the painful inner experiences, which he perceives as terrible battles with his own self, and he speaks through them, silently shouting his soul pain.
The mirror embodies introspection and self-awareness, giving Saygin the identity of all the reflections and existential turmoil, of the feelings he thought were lost in the whirlwind of years that have passed from his tormented childhood to the present.
The look in the mirror when he makes love to the women who ask for his help is of a man who feels slighted, even if he pretends otherwise... His eyes don't lie. And neither is the body unleashed. Next to Nehir, the woman he falls in love with trembles, smiles and is happy.
All that remains of the past are a few pictures of his mother, the blanket and the presence of his friend Kado, associated with his hatred for cigarettes (his mother smoked and the house caught fire) and the Farfalle pasta he used to make as a child. Saygin will not find his way and be reborn until Nehir discovers the truth about his occupation.
Rebirth reappears from within Saygin's heart, as he realizes that the freedom to take his own life into his hands does not give anyone the right to do harm, to hurt someone's feelings, as long as love comes first .
Kado's death and separation from Nehir were the straw that filled the cup of his bitterness.
The mud on his hands has many meanings. Mud is usually associated with dirt, difficulty and stagnation, but it can also suggest fertility, rebirth and transformation, the dark depths of the subconscious, negative emotions such as sadness, frustration or depression.
Nothing was accidentally directed in this movie, not even the songs performed by Cagatay and Ebru are accidental, because the lyrics of the songs reflect the human condition, of the lonely, abandoned man who is not aware of which path to choose.
The end of the film brings back into Saygin's life the hope of resuming his great love.
Nehir, although he has suffered a lot from Saygin's unstable behavior, opens a door for him. It is the door to forgiveness and a new beginning.

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