Yılmaz Güney
Directing
Biography
Yılmaz Güney was a Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were devoted to the plight of ordinary, working class people in Turkey. Güney won the Palme d'Or with the film 'Yol' he co-produced with Şerif Gören at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982. He was at constant odds with the Turkish government because of his portrayals of Kurdish culture, people and language in his movies.
Born: April 1, 1937
Place of Birth: Adana, Turkey
Known For
Ten Fearless Men
The heroic epic of Turkish youth against Greek gangs in Cyprus.
The Father
"Baba" is a bitter melodrama set in Istambul. A father 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.
Hope
After losing one of his horses in an accident, an illiterate horse cab driver sets out into the desert in a quest for a mythical lost treasure.
Friend
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.
The Legend of the Ugly King
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.
Balatlı Arif
Arif is a young man who lives with his family in Balat. He supports his family by working as his father's horse carriage driver. Gülşen, the long-time girlfriend of Arif, who is studying at medical school, waits for the day when school ends and they get married. However, Arif falls in love with Çiğdem, the daughter of a rich family, whom he met at school. Caught between two different lives, Arif is forced to make a choice.
The Hopeless Ones
A romance between Firat and Çigdem.
Room 666
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders asked a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera, and answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?"
Law of the Border
In Deliviran, a village near Urfa close to the Syrian border, Hidir’s chief is involved in smuggling and gets shot. Hidir tries to stay out of illegal activities but circumstances contrive to push him in the opposite direction until he accepts to take a herd of sheep across the border.
The Poor
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? They have no one, no jobs... Apart from Haci and Arap, everything will be the same for Abuzer, who doesn't know where to go. He will still be alone, starving on the streets of the big city.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (voice)
as Abuzer
as Azem
as Self
as Bülent Akif
as Çobanoğlu
as Firat
as İlyas
as Cesi
as Kara Çocuk
as Doktor
as Osman
as Çirkin Kral
as Cemal
as Çiçek Ali
as Murat
as Piyade Osman
as Cabbar
as Ali
as Asim Mavzer
as Banos
as Mehmet Silvan
as Self - Winner
as Rıfat
as Zaza Sehmuz
as Ali
as Bino
as Serçe Memet
as Rıfat
as Seyyit
as Büyük Örfi
as Kadir
as Pire Nuri
as Yadigar
as Samil
as Arif
as Kozanoğlu Hüseyin
as Ali Haydar
as Cumali
as Mustafa
as Kuduz Recep
as Yusuf Dağcı
as Kerim / Satılmış / Durali
as Hıdır
as Çirkin Kral
as Ali
as Kudret
as Yusufcuk
as Yusuf
as Metin Demir
as Kovboy Ali
as Hikmet
as Ahmet
as Murat
as Yilmaz
as Metin
as Osman
as Turgut
as Metin
as Yılmaz
as Konyakçı
as Recep
as Beyaz Atlı Adam
as Konyakçı
as Suphi
as Rıfat
as Kemal
as Kamali Zeybek
as Sahin
as Yılmaz
as Ali Duran
as Erdoğan
as Benzinci Genç
as Halil
as Cemal