Yilmaz Güney
Country: Turkey
Total Credits at Criticker: 64 (Actor), 19 (Director), 38 (Writer)
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"Umut" is the story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver. When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man, played by Güney, begins a slow slide into despair... (imdb)
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. Güney plays a father who is not able to earn enough money to feed his family. He is waiting to emigrate to Germany. When his landlord's son kills a man while drunk, the father is prepared to answer for the deed himself, provided that the landlord supports his wife and children. As there is little difference for the father between ten years in prison or ten years in a foreign country, he regards this to be the best solution. (imdb)
The visit of Jimmie's childhood friend to his residence in an exclusive section of Istanbul serves to remind him of the ideals he had as a youth and has now thoroughly betrayed. The friend has never played anyone false, and his uprightness is fascinating to Jimmie's wife and daughter, also serving as a catalyst for reforming an angry neighborhood youth. The wife is torn between the two men's lifestyles, though there is no hint of unfaithfulness... (imdb)
If we take to the forefront not what is told in cinema but how it is told, PAIN - a film narrated with a pace that never drops, a tension that never decreases from beginning to end, with a complete integrity of style - is a milestone both in Turkish cinema and in Güney's cinema (iksv.org)
Cumali's family killed by Ali Aga when he was a baby, a miller protects baby Cumali, he grows up and learns who killed his family. He find Ali Aga and kidnaps his daughter...
It's a unfeasible love story... Villagers says there is no way, but elders find a solution, like an exam. If young boy can accross to the river with all sheeps, they will live together. But there is a one condition, sheeps will eat salt all three days and night before acrossing. And all of them will not drink even one drop water!... (www.sinematurk.com)
It's a smuggler Hidir's story. He is a farmer actually, but system made him smuggler. Who is the guilty? This is the Hidir's fight. And he is alone... (www.sinematurk.com)
Seyyit Han has been just released from prison. He comes back to his village and finds his fiancée Keje about to marry another guy. The villainous Haydar Bey spread the rumour that Seyyit Han has died in prison, so he could trick Keje's brother for permisson to marry her. At first the film follows the pattern of a western, then depicts the rituals and traditions in rural Turkey with a spark of Neorealism and becomes a revenge melodrama in the end.
Serçe Mehmet had been a teacher in a village near Siirt in South-East Anatolia. Bandits had kidnapped his wife, after seven months they returned her dead body, she had committed suicide out of shame. Mehmet then decided to leave the village and to devote the rest of his life to hunting bandits down. Here the film sets in. (worldscinema.com)
Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccesable mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, betrayal and murder. (imdb)
The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. These three friends do not want to get out when they are released. What are Abuzer, Haci and Arap going to do when they will be out? (imdb)
father-daughter sentiency which was experienced in the middle of weapons, conflict and hostility..
A documentary about the French exile of Turkish filmmaker Yilmaz Güney, and how he directed "The Wall" in a French old abbey. (imdb)
Aynur, who is pregnant with Tarık, is very happy in the presence of that young man's proposal. However, Tarık's family would not accept this young woman and they would not approve their marriage.
Yilmaz Güney: Adana - Paris (1995) - Direct-to-Video
Documentary about legendary director Yilmaz Güney.
A boy lives in a poor neighbourhood and works hard so as to support his training in medicine. He also falls in love.
A Turkish warrior fights against an evil Russian general and protects people of Caucasus
Two twin brothers who do not know each other; one is a policeman, the other is a murderer.
A prisoner is sent to exile. He counts the days to see his mother. He also loves a girl.
A young filmmaker sets out to explore the eventful life of the famous Kurdish director, actor, and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved international attention by films like Yol (Palm d'Or, 1982) or Sürü (Golden Leopard, 1978) (imdb.com).
Pire Nuri is a 1968 Turkish movie starring and directed by Yılmaz Güney. (wikipedia.org)
The story of a blood feud. Mehmet avenged his father. He falls in love with his enemy's daughter.
During a robbery Yilmaz is raided by the police. He hides the stolen money for later and escapes injured to a village. He falls in love with Selma, who takes care of him. (imdb)
The story of Mehmet Silvan, the guard, and the three sisters entrusted to him.
The story of a gang operating in Kayseri and the police trying to bring down this gang.
Turgut is a famous journalist. He is married to Beyhan, the daughter of a media proprietor, and they have a daughter. One day, Gülsen, a secretary, comes to the newspaper's office. Her sister Birsen is missing and asks Turgut for help.
Belma is a beautiful and charming woman who makes everyone's head spin. All the men in the village are in love with her. (imdb)
The story of Piyade Osman, a photographer. There is a fake news about him and he gets into trouble.
A poem may be the only proof of a murder, stated as a suicide, the lines of which stays in a diary of a madman ridiculing prevalent vices in his own paranoiac world of dreams and fantasies. (imdb)
