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Tag Archives: Turkey
Strike the Whore AKA Vurun kahpeye (1949) Lütfi Akad, Sezer Sezin, Kemal Tanriöver, Settar Körmükçü
An idealist teacher in national struggle of Turkey and local resident Read More »
Red River, Black Sheep AKA Kizilirmak Karakoyun (1967) Lütfi Akad, Yilmaz Güney, Nilüfer Koçyigit, Kadir Savun
The daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married Read More »
Head-On AKA Gegen die Wand (2004) Fatih Akin, Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kiraç
In ‘Gegen die Wand’ Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey Read More »
The Man from Chicago AKA Le Ricain (1975) Sohban Kologlu, Stepan Melikyan, Jean-Marie Pallardy, Jess Hahn, Ilker Inanoglu, Gordon Mitchell
In Turkey, the son of a rich manager is kidnapped. Read More »
Fog and Night AKA Sis ve gece (2007) Turgut Yasalar, Ugur Polat, Selma Ergeç, Ayten Uncuoglu
Fog and the Night is the search of an investigator who has lost his confidence Read More »
The Hopeless Ones AKA Umutsuzlar (1971) Yilmaz Güney, Filiz Akin, Refik Kemal Arduman
Firat, his mother and his younger sister grew up in poverty while his father died in prison. Read More »
Angel’s Fall AKA Melegin Düsüsü (2004) Semih Kaplanoglu, Tülin Özen, Budak Akalin, Musa Karagöz
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father’s behavior. Read More »
The Biggest Punch AKA En Büyük Yumruk (1983) Çetin Inanç, Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Orhonsay, Kazim Kartal
A man, with the help of a friendly police and a lady reporter, stops a huge drug deal. Read More »
Walking After Midnight AKA Düs gezginleri (1992) Atif Yilmaz, Meral Oguz, Lale Mansur, Deniz Türkali
Nilgun, a recently divorced doctor from her husband, is assigned to examine brothel workers Read More »
Takiye: Allah yolunda (2010) Ben Verbong, Erhan Emre, Stipe Erceg, Özay Fecht
Metin and his family are devout Muslims living in Cologne. Read More »
Clouds of May AKA Mayis Sikintisi (1999) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Emin Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Fatma Ceylan
This is a movie within movie, which is almost recursive, i.e., the movie inside looks Read More »
Woman Despiser AKA Kadin düsmani (1967) Ilhan Engin, Ekrem Bora, Sema Özcan, Erol Tas
A killer murders women whose first initials match the first letter of the district they are killed in. Read More »
The Town AKA Kasaba (1997) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Sercihan Alevoglu, Latif Altintas, Cihat Bütün
The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey Read More »
The Wound AKA Yara (1998) Yilmaz Arslan, Yelda Reynaud, Halil Ergün, Nur Sürer
Hulya, the daughter of a family who migrated to Germany from Turkey (Yelda Reynaud) Read More »