Umut (1970)
- Directed by
- Yılmaz Güney
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Turkey
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 53 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A poor horse-cab driver loses one of his horses in an accident. He believes a mythical buried treasure can save him and goes into the desert to find it.
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What happens
Umut is a 1970 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Yılmaz Güney, featuring Güney as an illiterate horse-cab driver, who, after losing one of his horses in an accident, sets out into the desert on a quest for a mythical lost treasure. The film, which wasn't released at the time because of a ban by the Film Control Commission in Turkey, won awards at the 2nd Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, the 7th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and was screened at the 23rd Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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