Friend

Overview

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 1974

Original language

Turkish

Spoken languages

Turkish

Countries

Turkey

Production

Güney Film

Cast

Semra Özdamar,Yusuf Tunalıoğlu,Özden Yüce,Ahu Tuğbay,Nizam Ergüden,Melike Demirağ,Kerim Afşar,Yılmaz Güney,Azra Balkan,Civan Canova

Director

Yılmaz Güney

Writer

Yılmaz Güney,Çetin Tunca,Oğuz Atay

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0071159