On Fertile Lands
On Fertile Lands (1980) is a drama, directed by Erden Kıral. It stars Tuncel Kurtiz and Erkan Yücel. The 115-minute film holds an audience score of 6.8/10.
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What On Fertile Lands Is About
Three friends who come down from their village to Çukurova looking for work, Köse Hasan, Pehlivan Ali and İflahsızın Yusuf, take jobs first in a factory, then on a building site and finally in the rice fields, and not one of those doors brings any of them any good. Köse Hasan dies at the factory; Pehlivan Ali falls in love with Fatma and finds himself against the landowner who wants the same woman, is sent off to the rice fields and loses his arm to a machine. Erden Kıral’s hundred and fifteen minute film, adapted from Orhan Kemal’s novel, was banned by the martial law authorities as soon as shooting ended, its negatives disappeared, and the director could not even travel to Strasbourg in 1981 to collect the award naming it European film of the year. The negative was found years later in Switzerland and the film could only open in Turkey twenty eight years on.
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What is On Fertile Lands about?
Three friends who come down from their village to Çukurova looking for work, Köse Hasan, Pehlivan Ali and İflahsızın Yusuf, take jobs first in a factory, then on a building site and finally in the rice fields, and not one of those doors brings any of them any good. Köse Hasan dies at the factory; Pehlivan Ali falls in love with Fatma and finds himself against the landowner who wants the same woman, is sent off to the rice fields and loses his arm to a machine.
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How long is On Fertile Lands?
On Fertile Lands runs for 115 minutes (1h 55m).
When did On Fertile Lands come out?
On Fertile Lands was released in 1980.
Who directed On Fertile Lands?
On Fertile Lands was directed by Erden Kıral.
Who stars in On Fertile Lands?
On Fertile Lands stars Tuncel Kurtiz, Erkan Yücel, Yaman Okay, Nur Sürer.
What is On Fertile Lands's rating?
On Fertile Lands holds 7.5/10 on IMDb and 6.8/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 70 out of 100.
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