Dry Summer (1964)

Original title

Susuz Yaz

Directed by

Metin Erksan

Genre

drama film

Country

Turkey

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 92 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tobacco farmer builds a dam to stop water from reaching his neighbors' fields, creating a bitter conflict. His brother and a young woman get caught in the escalating feud as tensions rise.

tensebleakslow-burnruralclaustrophobicgrimconfrontationalearthy

What happens

Dry Summer (Turkish: Susuz Yaz), released in the United States as Reflections, is a 1963 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an English dubbed U.S. theatrical release titled Reflections produced by William Shelton and edited by David E. Durston. Martin Scorsese has supported the film's preservation through the World Cinema Foundation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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