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Kanal

1979 · 78 min

A slow-burning, earnest drama of moral awakening, steeped in rural hardship and quiet tension.

Directed by
Erden Kıral
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tarık Akan, Meral Orhonsay, Kamran Usluer
Overview
Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria.

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Directed by
Erden Kıral
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tarık Akan, Meral Orhonsay, Kamran Usluer
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • class
  • power
  • corruption
  • justice
  • morality
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Erden Kıral
Written by
İhsan Yüce
Starring
Tarık Akan, Meral Orhonsay, Kamran Usluer, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ali Demir, Menderes Samancılar, Yılmaz Kurt, Kaplan Tarsuslu
Runtime
78 min
Languages
Turkish

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