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The Turkish Western that'll make you hate water rights forever.
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Dry Summer (1963)

Rural noirSlow-burn betrayalSun-scorched tension

Overview

DramaCrime

A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.

Flag of TRTRTurkish
Content warning
betrayalcruelhusband wife relationshipsummermorality talebrother against brotherpresumed deaddrowningrelease from prisonturkey+5 more

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Harsh sunlight becomes a character—oppressive, beautiful, cruel.

Acting

Erol Taş's Osman: pure parasitic entitlement, magnificently hateable.

Best for:Solo: When you want to stew in righteous anger alone.·Streaming: Requires pause button for rage-cooling breaks.
Heads up:Sexual Content: A coerced encounter treated as transaction, deeply uncomfortable.·Violence: Brother-on-brother brutality, drowning, gun violence.
Metin Erksan

Director

Metin Erksan

ReleasedDec 16, 1963
Runtime1h 30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Hitit

Top Cast

Hülya Koçyiğit

Hülya Koçyiğit

Bahar

Erol Taş

Erol Taş

Osman

Ulvi Doğan

Ulvi Doğan

Hasan

Hakkı Haktan

Hakkı Haktan

Veli Sari

Yavuz Yalınkılıç

Yavuz Yalınkılıç

Köylü

Zeki Tüney

Zeki Tüney

Köylü

Niyazi Er

Niyazi Er

Ağır Ceza Üyesi

Ercan Yazgan

Ercan Yazgan

Mahkum

Adnan Uygur

Adnan Uygur

Alev Koral

Alev Koral

Bahar (voice)

Sadettin Erbil

Sadettin Erbil

Hasan (voice)

Sami Ayanoğlu

Sami Ayanoğlu

Osman (voice)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of Erksan's 'Village Trilogy,' this helped establish Turkish cinema's rural realism movement alongside Yılmaz Güney.

Trivia

Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner—first Turkish film to snag top prize, beating Fellini's 8½ that year.

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