Cinema
Devlet Kuşu
Memduh Ün · 1980
Synopsis
Mustafa quits his job: with his friends Sülo and Murat, he wants to open a köfte shop, which would allow him to marry Aynur, his neighbour, according to TheTVDB. But money is short. In the neighbourhood, a wealthy businessman, Zülfikar, is having a building put up for his daughter Hülya, a spoilt young woman, according to Sinemalar, who soon takes an interest in Mustafa. The poor young man then starts to consider marriage to the heiress as a way out of poverty.
Context
The film adapts a novel by Orhan Kemal, serialised in 1956 and then published as a book in 1958, about poor people in a district of Istanbul in search of money or comfort, according to Karar. Memduh Ün had already brought it to the screen in 1961; the screenplay of this second version brings together Orhan Aksoy, the director, Bülent Oran and the novelist, according to Sinemalar. Kemal Sunal plays Mustafa and Hüseyin Kutman the contractor.
Who it is for
A comedy in Turkish of about an hour and a half, with no known French release and no recent screening reported.
Prizes and reception
No prize is known for it; MovieMeter dates the Turkish release to 1 September 1980.
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