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After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more pa

Year1974
CountryTurkey
DirectorYílmaz Güney
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class struggle · friendship tested by ideological differences · betrayal of origins · political commitment · social mobility

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