Cinema
Minyeli Abdullah
Yücel Çakmaklı · 1990
Synopsis
In Minya, Egypt, under British administration, culture and religion change little by little. Abdullah, attached to traditions, gathers people at his home to talk about religion, according to Habertürk and TheTVDB, whose summaries agree. A neighbour denounces him as the founder of an organisation, and he is arrested during a search. In prison, he continues his discussions; his wife, Sevde, returns to her father's house and ends up divorcing under pressure from her family.
Context
The film adapts a 1967 novel by Hekimoğlu İsmail, the pen name of a former non-commissioned officer; the book was for a time banned and its author arrested, then acquitted a year later, according to Habertürk, which says it has been reprinted eighty times. The screenplay is by Bülent Oran; Berhan Şimşek and Perihan Savaş play the leading roles. Released on 16 February 1990, it broke records, and its producer, Mehmet Tanrısever, bought a cinema and himself made a sequel.
Who it is for
A film in Turkish, one hour forty-five minutes long, with no known French release and no recent screening reported in France.
Prizes and reception
The most popular film by its director according to Daily Sabah, seen by more than five hundred thousand viewers according to the Küre encyclopedia.
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