Heartsong 2022 Movie Review
Piroz and Sümbül are two unhappy lovers who met at his supposed wedding. They both end up falling in love after realizing there is a song only they know. It’s her heart song, the song that connected their hearts and made them fall in love.
When Sümbül comes down with her future groom, chaos ensues. At the same wedding Pirzo came with his brother and nephew. As an argument ensues, the band that came with Piroz is busy playing music, the guests fight, and the hapless lovers stand staring at each other. The rhythm played at this point had a different meaning for each individual who was there at the wedding.
For Piroz and Sümbül it was the moment of realization. For the guests it was a background beat where they fought and the band members played that just to escape the fight and get their job done. This opening scene has to be one of the best scenes in the film.
Sümbül’s father has fallen out of favor when she is brought back by the man she intended to marry claiming that she is not a virgin. Therefore, Seymen, her father plans to kill her. Piroz appears at the right time and flees with her.
You can watch this movie to enjoy the melodious Turkish beats. Otherwise the film is a hopeless case. Heartsong seems like a movie that doesn’t belong to that era, so things happening in today’s world don’t make sense. At the beginning of the film, there were a few words on the screen about how humanity was connected to music. This led to high expectations. The film didn’t live up to those expectations at all. It seems more like a Turkish adaptation of an old sad love story.
Those who still want to see the film can do so because of the great music and a beautiful female cast. Hazar Ergüçlü’s efforts featured in the role of Sümbül. She did a great job playing this character. It was as if her character was dancing to the rhythm of her heartbeat. She played the role in such a beautiful way. The male lead actor Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (Piroz) couldn’t hold a candle to her acting.
The Heartsong (Gönül) theme seems greatly exaggerated and made me feel like I was living in the ancient Middle Ages, where people bartered their livestock as dowries for their boys’ weddings. Even the last scene had no logic.
The scenes with Mirez and his beloved Dilo will make the audience emotional. Nevertheless, the end of the film may not please the audience. It’s like preparing a perfect dish and at the end the chef added a lot of salt when some sugar was needed. In my opinion, the plot of this film ended up being unnecessarily glorified. There wasn’t much chemistry between the actors and the film lacked logic. The film would have been better if it had been made as a musical drama against the backdrop of the 18th century.
