A Handful of Soil(1957)
The fight of poor Omer and rich Kerim, who want to marry the same woman.
The fight of poor Omer and rich Kerim, who want to marry the same woman.
Since the death of his parents, the teenage Burak lives with his uncle Cemil and grandmother in a remote Turkish village town. They try to make a living by selling pomegranates but while the religious Cemil is satisfied to live his life in poverty, Burak struggles to leave for the city and going to university. When the grandmother gets sick, both have to make tough decisions that will change their lives.
When Kazim, a cruel village headman, tricks Zeliha and her family and owns more than half of their yearly farming income, her son Murat is left with nothing but an extreme craving for vengeance.
A 35-year-old shepherd wandered over the border from the Turkish district of Kars into Armenia to retrieve his animal. In this haunting, desolate landscape, the borders are invisible, but fatal.
The film deals with the harsh realities of village life and the problems of landholding The film, in an almost documentary style.
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