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Zincir

1987

A quiet, heavy descent into grief and madness, watching two damaged people cling to each other in a garish, indifferent city.

Directed by
Korhan Yurtsever
Genres
Drama
Starring
Halil Ergün, Betül Aşçıoğlu, Mete Sezer
Overview
Based on Osman Şahin's "Irgat Erleri" and Korhan Yurtsever's "Zincir," this film, adapted for the screen by Macit Koper, tells the story of a peasant couple who work as a night watchman (Zülfo) and a cleaner (Elif) at an amusement park. Before coming to the city, the couple worked as laborers in Çukurova and lost their daughter in a fire, which caused Elif to develop schizophrenia.

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Directed by
Korhan Yurtsever
Genres
Drama
Starring
Halil Ergün, Betül Aşçıoğlu, Mete Sezer
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • grief
  • madness
  • isolation
  • class
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Korhan Yurtsever
Written by
Macit Koper
Starring
Halil Ergün, Betül Aşçıoğlu, Mete Sezer, Berivan Yurtsevener, Oya Aydonat, Mehmet Akdil, Nusret Yilmaz, İhsan Yüce
Cinematography
Erdoğan Engin
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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