Tag Archives: Yilmaz Güney

“Umut” is the story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. Read More »

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village Read More »

The daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married Read More »

Firat, his mother and his younger sister grew up in poverty while his father died in prison. Read More »

This is the story of Cevher and his family, who all work in cotton fields in late seventies in Turkey. Read More »

Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains. Read More »

Seyyit Han is a man with many foes. One day he falls in love with Mürsit’s sister, Keje. Read More »

Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France Read More »

The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. Read More »

Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. Read More »