Fehmi Yasar

Dans les montagnes du Botan, au Kurdistan de Turquie, les tribus kurdes semi-nomades vivent encore essentiellement de l'élevage. Şivan est le fils de Hemo, l'un des chefs de la tribu des Veysikan. Contre l'avis de son père, il a épousé Berivan, une fille d'une tribu ennemie, les Halîlan. Trois ans ont passé. Berivan est tombée trois fois enceinte, mais elle a perdu à chaque fois son enfant. Hemo, son beau-père, est persuadé qu'elle porte malheur à la tribu, et en rend son fils responsable. Par désespoir, la jeune épouse devient muette.

A scenario writer who struggles to have any of them filmed, delves into problems of his housemaid.

Directed by Zeki Ökten.

Aygül is an unhappy woman who is trying to raise her four children without the help of her unemployed, no-good husband. She starts working in a factory and this becomes the igniter of her consciousness-raising process.

Directed by Zeki Ökten.

A scenario writer who struggles to have any of them filmed, delves into problems of his housemaid.

With good guidance from director Zeki Okten but an uninspired script, this story of a brother and his Turkish family influenced by old and new traditions is somewhat uneven. Bilal (Tarik Akan) is devoted to the art of wrestling, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who were both champions at the sport. Aside from his interest in wrestling for its own sake, Bilal has a chance to win a provincial wrestling contest and thereby bring home a considerable cash award for his efforts -- and so his days are spent in training for the event. Meanwhile, his brother and sister-in-law and their daughter have come back home after living in Germany for 12 years and are finding the adjustment to their cultural roots a bumpy ride. As long scenes of well-oiled and slippery wrestlers in action prepare viewers for Bilal's big event, the struggle of these men is reminiscent of the struggle of Bilal's family to come to grips with a world they may not be able to accept unconditionally.