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Revenge of the Snakes or ( 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 covered issues of an unwanted pregnancy in a small farming village and addressed numerous moral and social issues.
Sep 10, 2012 · Despite the quasi-Soviet Realist opening shots of a peasant family in harmony with one another and their earth, it's clear soon enough that this is an everyday story of country folk...
Overview. The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli.
Metin Erksan’s _Revenge of the Snakes, an adroit transformation of Fakir Baykurt’s social-realist novel, unflinchingly portrays the collapse of a rural society. Erksan’s discerning probe into the corrosive effects of prolonged neglect elevates this film to a timeless cornerstone of Turkish cinema.
Metin Erksan’s _Revenge of the Snakes, an adroit transformation of Fakir Baykurt’s social-realist novel, unflinchingly portrays the collapse of a rural society. Erksan’s discerning probe into the corrosive effects of prolonged neglect elevates this film to a timeless cornerstone of Turkish cinema.
Among these films, Revenge of the Snakes, adapted from Fakir Baykurt’s novel of the same name, is one of the pioneer films of the approach that describes the village reality in Turkish Cinema and is conceptualized with the title of social realism.
Metin Erksan’s _Revenge of the Snakes, an adroit transformation of Fakir Baykurt’s social-realist novel, unflinchingly portrays the collapse of a rural society. Erksan’s discerning probe into the corrosive effects of prolonged neglect elevates this film to a timeless cornerstone of Turkish cinema.