Cinema
Düğün
Lütfi Akad · 1973
Synopsis
After the death of their parents, a family of six brothers and sisters leaves Urfa to settle in Istanbul, according to the Humanities Institute. Zeliha, the eldest, keeps house; Halil and İbrahim sell in the street, Cemile and Habibe work at the factory, and Yusuf, the youngest, goes to school. To expand their business, the brothers decide to marry off their sisters for a large bride-price, according to the custom of the village, as Istanbul Modern summarises it. Zeliha opposes this bargain and takes the risk of confronting the men of her family.
Context
The film is the second part of a trilogy of the exodus, between two other films by the same director, according to Küre and the Humanities Institute; the latter sees in it a family settled in the city for longer than in the first. Akad wrote the screenplay for Erman Film. Hülya Koçyiğit, Kamran Usluer and Turgut Boralı play the roles. Küre and the Humanities Institute date it to 1974, Istanbul Modern to 1973.
Who it is for
A colour film in Turkish, one hour twenty-four minutes long, shown with English subtitles at Istanbul Modern in 2016.
Prizes and reception
Golden Orange for best director at Antalya in 1974; no other prize is known for it.
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