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Bir Teselli Ver (1971)

Bir Teselli Ver poster
Directed by
Lütfi Ömer Akad
Country
Turkey
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man moves into a shantytown and faces the struggles of urban poverty. The film shows his personal troubles against the backdrop of a changing city in early 1970s Turkey.

slow-burnmelancholicgrittyearnestgroundedpoignantfolk-inflectedurban

What happens

Bir Teselli Ver, Lütfi Ömer Akad'ın 1971'de çektiği 35mm sinema filmidir. Filmin başrol oyuncusu Orhan Gencebay'dır. Akad bu filminde gecekondulaşmaya değinmiştir. Filmde kullanılan müzikler Gencebay tarafından İstanbul plağa okunmuştur. Orhan Gencebay'ın ilk filmidir ve hiçbir oyunculuk tecrübesi olmadan sahne almıştır. Gencebay'ın seslendirmesini Toron Karacaoğlu yapmıştır. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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