Dry summer
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dry summer |
| Original title | Susuz yaz |
| Country of production | Turkey |
| original language | Turkish |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Metin Erksan |
| script | Metin Erksan Necati Cumali |
| production | Metin Erksan Ulvi Doğan for Hitit Film |
| music |
Manos Hatzidakis Ahmet Yamacı |
| camera | Ali Ugur |
| cut | Stuart Gellman |
| occupation | |
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Dry Summer is a Turkish feature film Metin Erksans from 1964, which won the main prize at the 1964 Berlin International Film Festival .
The film was shown again at international festivals from 2008 in a version restored by Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation.
action
The film takes place in a village in the Aegean region , where the villagers live from tobacco growing. There are two important things for the men of the village to possess, namely water and women. Owning both is an honor for men and is not easy. Money plays an important role here, because the destitute man will gain control of water by force of arms and he will kidnap his wife because he cannot pay the başlıkparası ( bride's money).
When Hasan, who is married to Bahar, has to go to prison, his older brother Osman sets out to get Hasan's wife. Osman also wants to bring the water resources on their property under control. Bahar, a typical Anatolian woman, does not put up with Osman's increasing advertising. After receiving the news of the alleged death of her husband in prison, she finally gives in to Osman's courtship. After a general amnesty, Hasan comes out of prison and learns of the events on his way home. In the ensuing duel between the brothers, Bahar is shot by Osman.
occupation
With the exception of the three main actors Ulvi Doğan , Erol Taş and Hülya Koçyiğit , all of the people in the film are residents of the village. The story of the film actually took place in this village a few years before the shooting.
Reviews
"A natural narrative that was fresco-like, clear and immediate with feeling and power."
"Dry Summer is a film of passion. A passion for water as well as the obsessive passion created by forbidden love. Who does water belong to? Can anyone actually own this fundamental life element, "the blood of the earth" as the director describes it? Here is a film that, in the 45 years since it was made, has lost none of its universal qualities, none of its relevance, particularly today when wars and rebellions are waged because of droughts. Dry Summer is an important piece of cinema because it is unlike any other film made at the time and its narrative is strikingly original. Dry Summer is a take on the Cain and Abel story ... It is a contemporary version of the tragedy that scarred humanity thousands of years ago. And another version of the film's story was to unfold in real life simply because the film was made. Dry Summer is a film of captivity ... Authorities at the time objected to Dry Summer representing Turkey overseas, which presented all kinds of obstacles when the film came to the Berlin Film Festival. The film walked away with the Golden Bear, but before success could even be celebrated it was 'taken captive' and completely forgotten for the next 45 years. Today, in these times of intellectually dry summers, when greed is driving humanity to the brink of starvation, this film could hardly be more valid. Dry Summer is one of the most important legacies of Turkish cinema. "
“The young production manager Ulvi Doğan tackled a problem in his country with amazing courage. Anyone who knows Anatolia will be doubly astonished at the objective eyes with which simple life was portrayed here ... [] ... The Turkish master director İsmail Metin gives an excellent picture of the cameraman Ali Uğur's support of the villagers' struggle against the hardened misanthropist Osman . "
“A predominantly striking film, told naively and banally as a kind of folk piece. Interesting at most because of the insights into the dreary life of the people in Anatolia. "
Awards
Movie
- Golden Bear from 1964
- 1964 Golden Maya of the Acapulco International Film Festival
- Nomination for an Oscar / Best Foreign Language Film 1964
actor
- Hülya Koçyiğit as the best female actress of 1964 in Turkey
- Erol Taş as the best male actor of 1964 in Turkey
- Metin Erksan the Merito Biennale of the Venice International Film Festival
See also
Web links
- Internet presence of the film (English)
- Information about the film from the World Cinema Foundation (English)
- Dry summer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- “Dry summer” in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ^ Information about the film in the film database of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- ↑ a b Dry Summer. (No longer available online.) In: Press Room. Dry Summer, archived from the original on December 2, 2009 ; accessed on March 21, 2009 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SUSUZ YAZ - DRY SUMMER. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: http://www.worldcinemafoundation.org/ . World Cinema Foundation , pp. 1-2 , archived from the original on May 9, 2009 ; accessed on March 21, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dry summer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
