Cinema
Yer Demir Gök Bakır
Zülfü Livaneli · 1987
Synopsis
In an Anatolian village, the indebted peasants dread the arrival of Adil Ağa, to whom they owe money, according to Yeni Asır. To escape this fear, they turn to one of their own, Taşbaş, whom they begin to regard as a saint able to cure every ailment. Taşbaş tries to set them straight, without success. The film can be summed up as the story of a humble villager raised to the rank of saint in his lifetime.
Context
The film adapts the novel of the same title by Yaşar Kemal, who also appears in the screenplay credits. Co-produced by Germany and Turkey, with among its producers a German filmmaker who has his own entry in this catalogue, it was photographed by Jürgen Jürges, who received a camera prize in Germany for it. Rutkay Aziz and Macide Tanır play the leading roles. Yeni Asır links it to magical realism.
Who it is for
In Turkish, presented at Cannes in 1987 under a French title, with no known French release and no recent screening reported.
Prizes and reception
Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes on 4 May 1987, and prize of the Catholic Film Office at San Sebastián the same year.
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