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Pain

1971 · 78 min

A slow, heavy return to a village that remembers everything, watching a man carry guilt through dusty streets.

Directed by: Yılmaz Güney
Genres: Drama, Crime, Romance
Starring: Fatma Girik, Yılmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoğlu

Overview: Ali grew up as an orphan in a village in Kapadokia and became one of Haceli´s henchmen who is the village´s mafia boss. On his orders Ali killed the young Avanos’ son Yasin and went to prison for 15 years. The film starts with Ali being released and returning to the village…

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Directed by: Yılmaz Güney
Genres: Drama, Crime, Romance
Starring: Fatma Girik, Yılmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoğlu

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
revenge
betrayal
isolation
justice
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, crime, romance
Directed by: Yılmaz Güney
Written by: Yılmaz Güney
Starring: Fatma Girik, Yılmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoğlu, Oktay Yavuz, Osman Han, Mehmet Büyükgüngör, Niyazi Gökdelen, Şahin Dilbaz
Runtime: 78 min
Country: Turkey
Languages: Turkish

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