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Güneş Doğmasın

1961 · 82 min

A brooding, rain-slicked crime drama that follows a wounded hitman through a morally murky world, tense and fatalistic.

Directed by: Memduh Ün
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Nilüfer Aydan, Göksel Arsoy, Reha Yurdakul

Overview: Turkish adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun For Sale" (This Gun for Hire).

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Directed by: Memduh Ün
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Nilüfer Aydan, Göksel Arsoy, Reha Yurdakul

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
revenge
crime
isolation
guilt
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Memduh Ün
Written by: Halit Refiğ, Orhan Elmas
Starring: Nilüfer Aydan, Göksel Arsoy, Reha Yurdakul, Ulvi Uraz, Ahmet Tarık Tekçe, Suphi Kaner, Senih Orkan, Ümran Taşkent
Cinematography: Memduh Yükman, Şevket Kıymaz
Runtime: 82 min
Country: Turkey
Languages: Turkish

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