Overview
A painter's heart is captured by a photograph, leading to a journey of longing and love.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- wistful
- dreamy
- quiet evening
- rainy day
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Halil falls in love with Meral through her photograph before encountering her as a living person.
The rainy island setting and Halil's devotion to an absent image foreground yearning and separation.
The mansion and its photograph transform an ordinary villa into a charged environment of absence and imagined intimacy.
The film's Princes' Islands setting, Turkish production context, and unconventional romantic premise place private longing within 1960s Turkish art cinema.
Films like Time to Love, and why
L'Avventura
melancholic romantic drama centered on idealized love, emotional distance, and lyrical visual atmosphere
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
poetic art-house romance using landscape, longing, and elusive intimacy rather than conventional romantic plotting
Hiroshima Mon Amour
quiet, psychologically focused romance about desire, projection, and impossible emotional connection
Movie Details
- Director
- Metin Erksan
- Release Date
- 1965-10-09
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (105)
Cast
- Müşfik Kenter
- Sema Özcan
- Süleyman Tekcan
- Fadıl Garan
- Adnan Uygur
- Deniz Çakır
- Kemal Ergüvenç
- Oya Bulaner
- Hayri Esen
- Ayban Erkmen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Time to Love about?
- A proud island painter becomes consumed by an impossible love for the woman he first knows only through her photograph.
- What is Time to Love like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Time to Love as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Time to Love violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Time to Love.
- Which films are like Time to Love?
- Films with a similar feel include L'Avventura, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Hiroshima Mon Amour.
- How long is Time to Love?
- Time to Love runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch Time to Love?
- In United States, Time to Love streams on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel.
