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Dilan (1987)
Directed by Erden Kıral
Drama · 1h 32m
Based on a well-known Turkish novel, Dilan narrates the story of a peasant woman who decides to avenge the murder of her lover. In a remote village in Southeastern Turkey, two men are in love with beautiful Dilan: the rich Paso and the poor but brave Mirkan. When Dilan chooses Mirkan, Paso has the youth killed by one of his men. Dilan marries Paso, but she murders him on their wedding night and runs away to the mountains. A tragic love story as well as a realistic portrait of the existence of the rural people of Anatolia, Dilan was shown at several international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin.
Cast
Derya Arbaş
Hakan Balamir
Yılmaz Zafer
Güler Ökten
Keriman Ulusoy
Dilaver Uyanık
Crew
- Director
- Erden Kıral
- Screenplay
- Erden Kıral, Ömer Polat
- Novel
- Ömer Polat
- Director of Photography
- Martin Gressmann
- Original Music Composer
- Nizamettin Ariç
- Editor
- Roswitha Henze-Wisniewski
- Producer
- Luciano Gloor
Details
- Release date
- 1987-03-18
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- TR
- Spoken languages
- Turkish
- Countries
- Turkey
- Production
- Limbo Film AG