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Toprağın Kanı

1966

A stark, slow-burning drama of land and labour, where the arrival of machinery grinds against human lives in a dusty oil country.

Directed by: Atıf Yılmaz
Starring: Fikret Hakan, Belgin Doruk, Erol Taş

Overview: The film addresses the conflicts and problems between machines and humans in an oil region.

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Directed by: Atıf Yılmaz
Starring: Fikret Hakan, Belgin Doruk, Erol Taş

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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
work
power
survival
environment
Places: countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Directed by: Atıf Yılmaz
Written by: Recep Bilginer, Ayşe Şasa
Starring: Fikret Hakan, Belgin Doruk, Erol Taş, Feyzi Tuna, Tuncer Necmioğlu
Cinematography: Gani Turanlı
Country: Turkey

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