What does a groom do when his money vanishes days before the ceremony? Aykut Eniste, a 2019 Turkish family comedy directed by Onur Bilgetay, answers with a scheme that is bound to get complicated: find a second family to marry into.
What is Aykut Eniste about?
At the centre of the story is a shop owner with a wedding on the calendar and, after a robbery, nothing left in the till. Broke at the worst possible moment, he spots a way out that has little to do with honest bookkeeping. If one set of in-laws cannot solve his problem, perhaps another can, and becoming a son-in-law for a second time starts to look like a financial plan. The comedy grows out of that double arrangement: two households, two sets of expectations, and one man trying to keep both satisfied while his original wedding draws closer. The tone stays light and family-oriented across the 109-minute running time.
About the cast
Cem Gelinoğlu heads the cast list, with Melis Babadağ and Ege Kökenli billed directly after him. Müfit Kayacan, Lale Başar, Ali Erkazan, Selen Domaç and Ferdi Sancar fill out a large ensemble, as a story about two families requires.
Context & significance
The word enişte in the title is the Turkish term for a man who has married into a family, a brother-in-law or an aunt's husband, so the name of the film already announces its subject: in-laws. Weddings and the relatives who come with them are a dependable source of humour in Turkish popular cinema, where a large household, a nervous groom and a secret that cannot stay hidden are familiar ingredients. Aykut Eniste works inside that tradition and adds a money problem to raise the pressure. Iranian viewers will recognise much of the territory, since the comedy of courtship, family approval and wedding expenses travels easily across the border. Classified as both family and comedy, it is aimed at shared viewing and has been warmly received by audiences. Anyone looking for a satire or a crime story should adjust expectations; the robbery is the trigger, and the in-laws are the main event.
Watching Aykut Eniste on Ktime
You can stream Aykut Eniste on K-Time, which serves the Iranian diaspora with a Persian-first experience. Anyone may read this page, while playback opens once you sign in to a K-Time account. Because the whole interface runs in Farsi, family members of any age can browse the comedy shelf and start the film without help.