Movie
Umit Street
1966
A earnest, slow-burning drama about friendship and poverty, with a tense undercurrent as two men chase money and risk losing themselves.
- Directed by
- İlhan Engin
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- İzzet Günay, Ekrem Bora, Ajda Pekkan
- Overview
- The film tells the story of two friends living in the same neighborhood who struggle to become rich. Selim and Ali are friends. Ali wants to earn money and marry Lale, while Selim wants to escape from their neighborhood and poverty. Necdet, a mafia boss, once lived on Ümit Street, where Selim and Ali reside. Selim and Ali go to Necdet to ask for work. Necdet gives each of them a thousand lira and tells them to come back in five months with ten thousand lira. The two friends will get to know each other better during their individual struggles for survival.
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- Directed by
- İlhan Engin
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- İzzet Günay, Ekrem Bora, Ajda Pekkan
