Underplayed Gems

Yolcu (1994)

Yolcu poster
Country
Turkey
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How it feels

During Turkey's war of independence in the early 1920s, a station chief, his wife, and a switchman live and work at a small railway station. The film follows their tense relationships and personal dramas in this confined setting.

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What happens

Yolcu, Başar Sabuncu'nun yönetmenliğini üstlendiği 1994 yapımı Türk filmidir. Başrollerinde Müjde Ar, Tarık Akan ve Halil Ergün'ün yer aldığı filmde, Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı'nın hareketli günlerinde küçük bir demiryolu istasyonunda, istasyon şefi, onun karısı ve makasçısı arasında geçen olaylar konu edilmektedir. Nâzım Hikmet'in Türkiye'de sinemaya aktarılan ilk eseridir. TRT ve Belge Film'in ortak yapımı olan filmin çekimleri Pasinler'de gerçekleşti. Müjde Ar, filmdeki oyunculuğuyla 1993 Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali'nde en iyi kadın oyuncu ödülünü kazandı. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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