The injustice that people suffer in the workplace and the weight of working conditions cause them to act.
Acting
Tarık Akan's weary, explosive performance as Rauf.
Direction
Hiçdurmaz's unflinching gaze at industrial decay.
Director
Muzaffer Hiçdurmaz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Turkey's 1980s 'social realist' wave, Çark arrived during military rule when depicting worker struggles carried genuine political risk for filmmakers.
The title 'Çark' means 'wheel' or 'gear' — the entire film operates as machinery itself, grinding its characters through cycles they cannot escape.
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