Zavallilar
(The Poor Ones)
dir. Yılmaz Güney & Atif Yılmaz
Turkey 1975
72 minutes
English subtitles
The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yılmaz Güney
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada
Friday, February 17, 9:00 pm
Three incarcerated men—Abuzar, Arap, and Hacı—are anxious about their release from prison. They have no-where to go and beg to stay in prison at least until spring, where they can bide the winter months with a source of food and a roof over their heads. Arap has been imprisoned after being cheated by his employer, whom he then tried to fight. Hacı found himself in prison after being betrayed by a prostitute with whom he had fallen in love. Abuzar turned to a life of crime after witnessing his mother kill a man to whom she had been sold. Telling their stories, the three men embody social issues in Turkish society.
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