The Heart Imagines the Past Time

Overview

This documentary depicts the life of Safa Önal, who has wrote 400 scenarios during his almost a century-long life, directed 36 movies, entered The Guinness Book of Records within his 395-filmed scenario, and virtually a living history. It focuses more on Yeşilçam adventure of Önal, who witnessed blackout nights in his childhood; started writing during his secondary school years and worked for many years in the Babıali; established friendship with master writers such as Peyami Safa, Özdemir Asaf, Kemal Tahir; and his path intersected with names such as Yahya Kemal, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek.