The Heart Imagines the Past Time 2023 Directed by Tuba Deniz Hayal Eyler Gönül Geçmiş Zamanı
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.
