In the half-light of dawn, Halil falls down dead, murdered. His wife, Elmas, cries for justice, but, in fact, there will be no investigation. Life goes on for Elmas: during the day she works in the rice paddies with her little boy and, at night, she goes to catch frogs with the other villagers.
Küçük Ağa
Der Spiegel reflects the sad existence of a village couple, Necmetting and Zelihan, whose lives are regulated by nature and the all-powerful feudal lord. When the lord's good-looking brother tries to seduce beautiful Zelihan, her husband has no choice but take up arms to restore his lost honor. But the question of whether anything can be more important than human life haunts him. Der Spiegel is a psychological drama that focuses on a menage-a-trois and at the same time holds a mirror to the generally ignored lives of the poor peasants, examning their loves, passions and dreams, particularly those of the women. Despite the theatricality of the dream sequences and the scene with the slaughter of a cow, the story generally flows easily in a minimalist style, with impressive photography by Kenan Ormanlar.
Mevlüt
Una prisión en Turquía. Cinco prisioneros reciben permiso para viajar a sus casas durante una semana. Los difíciles viajes para llegar hasta sus familias nos conducen a las regiones más alejadas de Turquía. Cada uno de ellos tiene sus propios problemas, preocupaciones y nostalgias. Rigurosas leyes, escritas y no escritas, y un sistema brutal son una carga que pesa sobre ellos. Sufren violencia y ejercen violencia. Las vacaciones, comenzadas con esperanza, terminan con dolor.
Selim
The fight of the striking railroad workers.
