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The Mine

1978 · 90 min

A grim, earnest story of workers pushing back against dangerous conditions, with a slow-building sense of solidarity and loss.

Overview
When work accidents in a coal mine start to result in death, İlyas warns his colleagues working in the mine. It starts to collect signatures for the necessary measures to be taken, but the necessary solidarity among the workers cannot be established. A tent theater that comes to the region further complicates things.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • corruption
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • workplace
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Yavuz Özkan
Written by
Yavuz Özkan
Starring
Cüneyt Arkın, Tarık Akan, Halil Ergün, Hale Soygazi, Meral Orhonsay, Nurhan Nur, Baki Tamer, Ahmet Kostarika
Cinematography
İzzet Akay
Runtime
90 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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