Dry Summer (1964)

Cautiously Recommended

Turkey

Feature Film

Original Title: Susuz yaz

Director: Metin Erksan

Writers: Metin Erksan, Kemal Inci, Ismet Soydan, Necati Cumali

Cinematographer: Ali Ugur

Composers: Manos Hatzidakis, Yamaci

Cast: Erol Tas, Hülya Koçyigit, Ulvi Dogan

Osman, a charmless farmer who covets his younger bother’s comely new bride, builds a dam to prevent his neighbours from receiving water that emanates from a spring on his property – an act that leads to violence, betrayal, and retribution, in Erksan’s diverting, well photographed parable, which generally feels quite rushed and suffers from some rather stilted performances. Iain.Stott