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The Wedding

Name: The Wedding
Released: 1973
Duration: 84 min
Cast: Ahmet Mekin, Kamran Usluer, Erol Günaydın, Hülya Koçyiğit

1973

68%

A family migrates to Istanbul from the rural parts of Anatolia, and they bring their traditions with them. The men of the family are giving away the girls of the family in return for a hefty bride-price. Zelha, one of the girls, revolts against this attitude and tries to save her sisters.

Director

Lütfi Ömer Akad

Actors

Ahmet Mekin

Kamran Usluer

Erol Günaydın

Hülya Koçyiğit

Part of: Migration Trilogy

Migration trilogy has occupied an important place in the history of Turkish Cinema since the moment it was shot. These films were evaluated in various axes such as village-city, east-west, traditional-modern, under the intense discussion environment of the period and the migration wave from villages to cities. The films, which are described as the death of the peasantry as a result of this migration wave, and focus on the struggle for survival of this new population accumulating in the cities; It has opened the door to rich and very different tones on issues such as unionization, squatting and Turkey's capitalistization process.