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Revenge of the Snakes (1962)

Revenge of the Snakes poster
Original title
Yılanların Öcü
Directed by
Metin Erksan
Genre
drama, crime
Country
Turkey
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small farming village is disrupted when an unmarried woman becomes pregnant. The film shows how the community's moral rules and social pressures affect the characters involved.

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What happens

Revenge of the Snakes (Turkish language: Yılanların öcü) is a 1962 Turkish realist drama film directed by Metin Erksan and based on a novel by Fakir Baykurt. The film covers issues of an unwanted pregnancy in a small farming village and addressed numerous moral and social issues. The film was remade in 1985, starring Fatma Girik and Kadir İnanır. The TV series was remade in 2014 and was played by Ceyda Ateş, Hande Soral. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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