TURKEY
SÜRÜ The herd
1979 – 35mm – colourd - 129’
Direction: Zeki Ökten
Screenplay: Yilmaz Güney
Cinematography: Izzet Akay
Editing: Özedemir Aritan
Set design: Rauf Ozangil, Sabri Aslankara
Music: Zülfü Livaneli
Cast: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Erol Demiröz, Tuncel Kurtiz, Levent Inanir, Meral Niron, Yaman Okay, Sener Kokkaya, Savas Yurttas
Production: Güney Film
SYNOPSIS
The story tells about a family of shepherds from Anatolia. An old and bloody hostility has set them against another clan. It's a long journey to Ankara in order to sell the herd.
CRITICAL NOTE
“Written and produced by Yilmaz Güney, despite its rustic melodramatic framework, it sounds like an anthropological documentary since in such a direct and bare way he depicts customs and traditions still at feudal conditions, and such passionate is his worry to tell a condition of poverty and dependence with no redemption chance.” (Morandini)
AWARDS
1979 Locarno: Golden Leopard
1979 Berlinale: Protestant Jury “Otto-Dibelius” Award
1980 London Film Festival: BFI Award as Most Original Film
1980 Valencia: Grand Prize
