Chasing the Wind (movie)

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Chasing the Wind
Directed byEngin Erden
Produced by
  • Yağmur Ayar
  • Cahit Ceylan
  • Cengiz Çağatay
Screenplay byCeylan Naz Baycan
Starring
Music by
  • Oğuz Kaplangı
  • Serkan Celikoz
CinematographyMuratcan Gökçe
Edited byDeniz Kayık
Production
companies
Lanistar Media
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Box office$3,168,272–3,434,882[2][3]

Chasing the Wind (Turkish: Rüzgara Bırak) is a 2025 Turkish romance movie directed by Engin Erden and written by Ceylan Naz Baycan.[4] Produced by Lanistar Media, and stars Hande Erçel and Barış Arduç.[5]

Principal photography commenced in June 2024 at Istanbul and took 25 working days to complete.[6] The movie premiered worldwide on February 14, 2025 on Netflix.[7]

Cast

  • Hande Erçel as Asli Mansoy
  • Barış Arduç as Ege Yazici
  • Barış Aytaç as Yaman
  • Gözde Mutluer as Yasemin
  • Deniz Balkanli as Gamze
  • Olimpia Ahenk as Sirma
  • Serhat Nalbantoglu as Nazmi
  • Ahmet Saraçoglu as Arif Mansoy
  • Tugrul Tulek as Cenk
  • Kevork Türker as Korkmaz
  • Sebnem Sönmez as Ferzan

Production

Development

The movie was developed under the working title Another Love (Turkish: Bir Başka Aşk) and produced by Lanistar Media.[8] In June 2024, the title of the movie was changed to Rüzgara Bırak.[9]

Casting

In 2024, Barış Arduç and Hande Erçel were reportedly cast to appear marking their first collaboration.[10][11]

Filming

Pre-production began in May 2024.[12] The script reading was held on June 14, 2024.[9] Principal photography of the movie commenced in June 2024,[13] and filming ended in July 2024.[14] The filming took place in Istanbul and İzmir.[15]

Music

Chasing the Wind
Soundtrack album by
Oğuz Kaplangı and Serkan Celikoz
Released14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
GenreSoundtrack
Length43:01
LanguageTurkish
LabelElec-Trip Records

The soundtrack for Chasing the Wind is composed by Oğuz Kaplangı and Serkan Celikoz.[16]

Tracklisting
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Reflections"    00:39
2. "Club"    01:00
3. "Company"    00:34
4. "Çeşme"    01:25
5. "Shots"    02:07
6. "Surf School (Part 1)"    01:39
7. "Surf School (Part 2)"    00:41
8. "Company Bay"    00:54
9. "Crabby Morning"    00:50
10. "Pots and Peril"    01:08
11. "The Palette"    00:40
12. "Surfing the Calm"    00:26
13. "Catch the Gremmie"    02:48
14. "Party on the Rocks"    04:21
15. "Sneaking in"    00:51
16. "Corporate Grounds"    01:18
17. "Tangled in the Bed"    01:43
18. "Too Shy to Try"    02:58
19. "Surfing the Tide"    00:39
20. "The Gift"    01:30
21. "Leave It to the Wind"    02:45
22. "Waking to Love"    01:48
23. "The Gallery"    01:20
24. "Secret Files"    02:10
25. "Torn Apart"    02:21
26. "Confrontations"    04:13
Total length:
 43:01

Release

The movie was made available to stream exclusively on Netflix on February 14, 2025.[17]

Reception

Ygor Monroe from Caderno Pop awarded the movie 3/5 stars.[18] Abhi Singhal of The Pioneer rated the movie three stars out of five.[19]

Other websites

References

  1. ↑ Rüzgara Bırak (in en). British Board of Film Classification (January 10, 2025).
  2. ↑ Rüzgara Birak (2025). The Numbers (January 10, 2025).
  3. ↑ Chasing the Wind. Box Office Mojo (January 10, 2025).
  4. ↑ Qaissieh, Zaid. Netflix releases trailer for 'Rüzgara Bırak' starring Hande Erçel and Barış Arduç | Al Bawaba (in en). Al Bawaba (December 24, 2024).
  5. ↑ "When Will Barış Arduç and Hande Erçel's New Film Premiere?". Harper's Bazaar Arabia. August 9, 2024. https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/culture/entertainment/hande-ercel-new-film. 
  6. ↑ Barış Arduç partneri Hande Erçel'e övgüler yağdırdı: '25 gün çalıştık, keşke daha uzun olsaydı' (in tr). Odatv (August 7, 2024).
  7. ↑ Protagonizada por Hande Erçel: de qué trata "Tras el viento", la nueva comedia romántica de Netflix (in es). El Comercio Perú (February 13, 2025).
  8. ↑ Martínez, Pilar. Bir Başka Aşk': primeros detalles de la película de Baris Arduç que recuerda a 'Love is in the air (in es). Marie Claire (April 26, 2024).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Hande Erçel ile Barış Arduç aynı filmde! İlk fotoğraflar geldi - Son Dakika Magazin Haberleri (in tr). CNN Türk (June 14, 2024).
  10. ↑ Merkezi, Haber. Hande Erçel'in yeni partneri belli oldu (in tr). Cumhuriyet (May 10, 2024).
  11. ↑ Alegre, Vilma Degorgue. Hande Erçel y Baris Arduç volverán a mostrar su química en otra serie turca que se podrá ver en 2025 tras el éxito de 'Tras el viento' (in es). Diez Minutos (February 24, 2025).
  12. ↑ Barış Arduç "Ege", Hande Erçel "Aslı"ya hayat verecek (in tr). Birsen Altuntaş (June 1, 2024).
  13. ↑ Hande Erçel ve Barış Arduç bombayı patlattı (in tr) (June 24, 2024)Haber3.
  14. ↑ Akgün, Ercan. Çeşme'den çekimler bitti pozu (in tr). Yeni Asır (July 20, 2024).
  15. ↑ Barış Arduç ve Hande Erçel sete çıktı (in tr). Hürriyet (June 25, 2024).
  16. ↑ Chasing the Wind (Original Soundtrack) by Oğuz Kaplangı & Serkan Celikoz on Apple Music. Apple Music - Web Player (14 February 2025).
  17. ↑ Hande Erçel ve Barış Arduç başrolde: Rüzgara Bırak filminin yayın tarihi belli oldu (in tr). T24 (December 18, 2024).
  18. ↑ Monroe, Ygor. Crítica: "Rumo ao Vento" (Rüzgara Birak) (in pt). Caderno Pop (February 18, 2025).
  19. ↑ Singhal, Abhi. A Breezy Romance But With Familiar Tropes and Story (in en). The Pioneer (April 13, 2025).[dead link]
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