On Fertile Lands

On Fertile Lands
On Fertile Lands
Directed by Erden Kıral
Produced by
Written by
  • Tuncel Kurtiz
  • Erden Kıral
  • Mahmut Tali Öngören
  • Orhan Kemal
Starring
  • Tuncel Kurtiz
  • Bülent Kayabaş
  • Menderes Samancılar
  • Nur Sürer
  • Yaman Okay
Music by
  • Sarper Özsan
  • Yavuz Top
Cinematography Salih Dikişçi
Release date(s) 1980 (1980)
Running time 115 minutes
Country Turkey
Language Turkish

On Fertile Lands (Turkish: Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde) is a 1980 Turkish drama film, directed by Erden Kıral based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring Tuncel Kurtiz as the head of a gtoup of day labourers looking for work in the Çukurova region. "The story," according to Rekin Teksoy, "became a legend about village farm labourers, their merciless conditions, their hopes, their pain and their goldenhearts." It won Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Strasbourg Film Festival and two Golden Oranges at the 18th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.[1][2]

Awards

  • Strasbourg Film Festival
    • Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: Erden Kıral (won)
  • 18th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
    • Golden Orange for Best Director: Erden Kıral (won)
    • Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor: Yaman Okay (won)

References

  1. ^ Teksoy, Renkin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık. pp. 77. ISBN 975-329-611-8. 
  2. ^ Teksoy, Renkin (2008). Turkish Cinema. Istanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık. pp. 149. ISBN 975-329-611-8. 

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