Umut
Yılmaz Güney
Cabbar has seriously indebted himself so he can continue working as one the few horse cab drivers in Adana. Work dries up when the municipality limits the access of harnessed horses in the center of town. His only hope is to win the lottery. His horse dies in an accident and his family's welfare is put in jeopardy. A companion in misfortune convinces him to spend his last pennies on a wild treasure hunt.
With : Yılmaz Güney, Tuncel Kurtiz, Gülsen Alniaçık, Osman Alyanak, Sema Engin
Screenplay : Yılmaz Güney
Image : Kaya Ererez
Sound : Necip Sarıcaoğlu
Music : Arif Erkin
Editing : Celâl Köse
Screenplay : Yılmaz Güney
Image : Kaya Ererez
Sound : Necip Sarıcaoğlu
Music : Arif Erkin
Editing : Celâl Köse
Production : Güney Film
Source copie : Institut Güney (Istanbul)
Source copie : Institut Güney (Istanbul)
A masterpiece of neo-realistic inspiration, this film greatly influenced the new generation of Turkish filmmakers and gave Yılmaz Güney visibility outside his country. "The first half of Hope brings to mind Le voleur de bicyclette and the second half The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. But in the end, it's an original Turkish film that has points in common with films from Egypt and other Arab countries. It has become a contemporary film, a classic, directed and performed with strength of character." (Variety, 1978) "Hope initiated a new way of filming. For the first time, we see rural characters and realities that aren't clichéd, opening the door to a cinema receptive to social problems, although there is the risk of getting stuck somewhere between naturalism and realism." (Onat Kutlar, co-founder of the Istanbul Cinématheque)