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Dilan

1987 Movie Drama

Based on a well-known Turkish novel, Dilan narrates the story of a peasant woman who decides to avenge the murder of her lover. In a remote village in Southeastern Turkey, two men are in love with beautiful Dilan: the rich Paso and the poor but brave Mirkan. When Dilan chooses Mirkan, Paso has the youth killed by one of his men. Dilan marries Paso, but she murders him on their wedding night and runs away to the mountains. A tragic love story as well as a realistic portrait of the existence of the rural people of Anatolia, Dilan was shown at several international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

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The Guard poster
FILM

In this film that wavers unsteadily between a comedy and a tragedy, Murtaza (Mujdat Gezen) is a deluded security guard whose fanatical reverence for "duty" verges on the psychotic. He is incapable of seeing himself for what he is -- and as a consequence he is often the unwitting and unknowing brunt of jokes. His wife and daughters are painfully aware of his shortcomings, but they generally suffer in silence. One of the daughters ends up working in the factory to help the family out financially, and when Murtaza finds her sleeping on the job one night he hits her so hard she eventually dies from the blow. Though that is not the end of it, by any means.

The Guard

1985 Drama
Kader Çıkmazı poster
FILM

Sevda is studying hospitality at a college. As part of the program, students will be sent to different cities across the country for internships. Sevda is among the students who will be sent to Izmir. The students sent to a resort in Izmir will work in different jobs. When the group arrives at the resort, a brief introductory meeting is held with the hotel owner, Mr. Ekrem. Upon hearing Sevda's name, Mr. Ekrem is surprised. However, he refuses to reveal the secret behind his interest in Sevda. Meanwhile, Sevda, who has started working at the hotel, and Bülent, who is working as a captain on a nearby boat, quickly develop a close relationship that turns into love. Meanwhile, Ekrem Bey is heading to Istanbul to uncover an important truth about Sevda's life.

Kader Çıkmazı

1984 Drama
Afife Jale poster
FILM

The life of Afife Jale, the first Turkish female theater artist, is recounted. Since childhood, Afife has been a free-spirited girl who loves her freedom. However, she lives in a conservative family environment. When she turned twelve, she was forced to wear a veil despite her objections. With the support of her family elders, her father allowed her to study painting at the School of Fine Arts. However, Afife's heart was set on theater. Initially, she staged plays for her friends on a small stage she had set up inside her home, performing the plays of the Afife Company. Her greatest obstacle was her father. With the support of her grandfather, the Pasha, and her childhood friend and lover, Dr. Ziya, Afife stood up to her father. She could not suppress her desire for much longer.

Afife Jale

1987 Drama
The Third Eye poster
FILM

Tunç, who is a director, is looking for a location in a small town for his new film. He observes everything around him for his screenplay. However, he constantly changes what he writes because he doesn't like it. He tries to turn some of the events he sees into stories. But he can't seem to get it right. One night, Tunç visits his neighbor Seniha, an old actress. Some of the things Seniha says inspire him. He returns home and sits down to work on the screenplay. Tunç, who becomes deeply engrossed in the screenplay he has written, will fall into a state of mental breakdown.

The Third Eye

1988 Drama
Namus Borcu poster
FILM

Gurbet works as a farmer with her father, Hüseyin Çavuş. She and Halil are in love with each other. Halil works as a laborer in the city to earn money to build a house and buy a field. Çılgan Ağa, who has taken over the fields of the villagers in the area by putting them into debt, is also in love with Gurbet. Çılgan gives Hüseyin Çavuş debts he cannot repay. By extending the repayment period and giving additional loans, he gains his trust. Hüseyin Çavuş falls ill and dies. To pay off her father's debt, Gurbet puts herself up for auction. She will marry the one who offers the most money. During the auction, Çılgan Ağa not only offers the highest amount but also promises to forgive all the villagers' debts. Unable to withstand the villagers' pressure, Gurbet agrees to marry Çılgan Ağa.

Namus Borcu

1973 Drama
Number 14 poster
4.5 FILM

Yaprak is just one of thousands of young women, who leave their quiet village lives behind them to seek their fortune in Istanbul. But the reality of life in a big city is harsh, and Yaprak is forced to take a job in one of the cities licensed brothels. Her beauty and youth make her popular with the patrons and she is soon the focus of the attention of two men; Necmi, a spineless but well meaning young man, and Arab, a deranged pimp who has recently lost his main source of income, his wife Zargana. Necmi wants to take Yaprak away from her nightmare existence, but soon finds himself forced to separate from her by the viscous Arab. Arab spends all of Yaprak's money, but after a savage attack on her, she comes to her senses. She and Necmi get married and as Yaprak says farewell to her friends in the brothel, Arab returns for the last time to seek his brutal revenge...

Number 14

1985 Drama
Ateş Üstünde Yürümek poster
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The turbulent history of a country will be narrated through a modern ballet imbued with extraordinary aesthetics and poetry, staged as if on a theater stage. While the events are narrated solely through the modern ballet from a historical perspective, the impact of these events on society and their reflections on individuals are narrated through a love story embedded in the main story. Finally, an analysis is presented to the audience, composed of people from all segments of society, of how these events shaped society in 1990.

Ateş Üstünde Yürümek

1991 Drama
The Night, Angel and Our Children poster
FILM

Serap, who has been living in the darkest streets of Beyoglu, is a charming woman in her 20s. A beautiful woman's way of prostitution and prostitution living in the back streets of Beyoglu as a person intersects with him when a magical love begins. Hakan tries to take the pimp of Serap as a madman. The man who doesn't have the job can't do it. One day when Serap finds his lover Hakan in a scene he never thought possible, his whole life is deeply shaken. Serap will now be in a different life, running for different purposes.

The Night, Angel and Our Children

1994 Drama

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