Dry Summer

Dry Summer
Directed by Metin Erksan
Produced by
  • Metin Erksan
  • Ulvi Doğan
Written by
  • Metin Erksan
  • Kemal İnci
  • İsmet Soydan
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Ali Uğur
Edited by
  • Turgut İnangiray
  • Stuart Gellman
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Turkey
Language Turkish

Dry Summer (a.k.a. Reflections; Turkish: Susuz Yaz) is a 1964 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an English dubbed U.S. theatrical release titled Reflections produced by William Shelton and edited by David E. Durston.

Martin Scorsese has supported the film's preservation and it is available on DVD.

Cast

Awards

The film won the Golden Bear at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival[1] and the Biennale Award at the 29th Venice Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Berlinale 1964: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  2. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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