Hello My Dear (2021): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2021, Hello My Dear is a documentary film directed by Ulaş Tosun, running about 58 minutes.

What it’s about. The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much controversy in the period it was first published. Considered to be in defiance of heteronormativity, the said poem includes references to the poet’s personality, his family, his relationship to the society, and his “unexpected” death, which came three years after its publication. Today, 50 years after it was written, the documentary follows these same lines in the poem utilising cinematic elements. The documentary also rediscovers the poetics; reaches out to the family, the comrades, the friendships, departing from the official historical accounts, cognizant of his experience of otherness, in pursuit of the “lost” portrait of Arkadaş Z. Özger.

Who’s in it. Hello My Dear stars Arkadaş Z. Özger, Ahmed Saka as Narrator, Ahmet İnam and Akın Evren, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.5/10, Hello My Dear has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Hello My Dear page.

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