Too much burden lies on the shoulders of Büşra, both the headscarf-wearing heroine and the film of the same name. Director Alper Çağlar’s debut feature, controversial by the very nature of its protagonists in love, had to seek to please conservatives, liberals, film enthusiasts and fans of the original cartoon character on which the movie was based.Despite tackling a delicate social matter, Büşra is, at its core, a tragic love story, offering a Romeo and Juliet, Kate and Leo or Bella and Edward for Turkey’s young masses. So, basically, they should be the final judges of the movie’s success. But there is a slight problem here: The film is quite confused about its target demographic. While younger audiences will relate to some of the characters, their botched depictions will probably make it hard for the movie to resonate as a love story in the long run.
