Cinema
Gurbet Kuşları
Halit Refiğ · 1964
Synopsis
Tahir, a mechanic, his wife Hatice and their four adult children leave Kahramanmaraş for Istanbul after the collapse of their business, according to the Humanities Institute. Settled in a rented house in an old poor neighbourhood, they discover that the garage for which they had paid a deposit belongs to someone else. With the money they have left, the father and the two eldest open a small workshop; Kemal starts studying medicine, Murat becomes a taxi driver. Beyazperde summarises what follows: the life of the city and the hardships of everyday life end up driving the members of the family apart.
Context
The film was released on 12 April 1964. The screenplay is credited to Halit Refiğ and to the novelist Orhan Kemal; the Humanities Institute says the film is drawn from a novel by this writer, Beyazperde from a play by Turgut Özakman, Ocak. The Humanities Institute notes in it poverty, shattered dreams, class differences, moral hypocrisy and the oppression of women, through the daughter, Fatma. Cüneyt Arkın makes his acting debut in it. A remake was shot in 2013.
Who it is for
A film in Turkish, black and white, of about an hour and forty minutes, with no known French release.
Prizes and reception
Golden Orange for best film and prize for best director at Antalya, according to Beyazperde; the Humanities Institute cites the latter prize.
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