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The Broken Landlord

1985 · 101 min

A slow, bittersweet descent from rural power to urban poverty, mixing wry comedy with a quiet, aching sense of loss.

Overview
The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz. But on the nuptial night, his father dies and everything starts to go bad for the Agha. Due to the long drought and provocations of Kekec Salman (big brother of Kiraz), the peasants steal the crops and run away to Istanbul. Without the peasants and crops, Agha is also forced to sell the village and move to Istanbul. But he cannot keep up with the big city life and consumes all his money and belongings. Agha's wife and relatives leave him during this downfall.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • family
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Nesli Çölgeçen
Written by
Yavuz Turgul
Starring
Şener Şen, Erdal Özyağcılar, Nilgün Nazlı, Can Kolukısa, Bahri Selin, Atilla Yiğit, Füsun Demirel, Ayla Arslancan
Runtime
101 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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