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Hope

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Yilmaz Güney | Turkey, 1970
Fiction Feature | FF2004

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HOPE “Hope” is undoubtedly one of the milestones of Turkish cinema. In brilliantly composed black and white images, Güney shows shocking perspectives of hopeless poverty. The film tells the tale of the poor horsecab driver, Cabbar (played by Güney himself), who barely gets by, with his wives, five children and ageing mother. When one of his horses is run over by a car, the family is faced with extinction…

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Umut

Fiction Feature

Turkish

Türkiye Deluxe | FF2004


Turkey

1970

100 min

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Yilmaz Güney

Yilmaz Güney

Yilmaz Güney, Gülsen Alniaçik, Tuncel Kurtiz, Osman Alyanak

Abdurrahman Keskiner

Kaya Ererez

Celal Köse

Arif Erkin

Güney Filmcilik A.Ş., Sakizağaci Cad. Güney Han No: 2/1 Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: 90 212 252 2544, Fax: +90 212 245 1304

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