TURKEY – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

HAKKARI’DE BIR MEVSIM (1983)

Jon W. — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:09:02 +0000

An intellectual is exiled to a small, isolated mountain village in southeastern Turkey to work as a schoolteacher. The inhabitants have to fight a perpetual battle against hostile nature, and the teacher tries to combat the inhuman reality of this place where misery, indifference and the impossibility of communication reign. In this village, tragedy is trivialized by repetition and habit. But the children who remain have a marvelous will to survive…

Director: Erden Kiral. AKA A Season in Hakkari
Writers: Onat Kutlar, Ferit Edgü (novel).
Stars: Genco Erkal, Erkan Yücel, Serif Sezer, Rana Cabbar, Erol Demiröz, Berrin Koper, Macit Koper, Zeynep Irgat.
Cinematographer: Kenan Ormanlar.
Composer: Timur Selçuk.

1983 Berlin International Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Bear.

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DAYIM (2000)

Jon W. — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:18:19 +0000

The first film by Tayfun Pirselimoğlu. An autobiographical film based on Pirselimoglu’s childhood memories about his uncle, an overvoice narrates his uncle’s struggles to achieve flying alone.

Director: Tayfun Pirselimoglu. AKA My Uncle.
Writer: Nur Arik.
Stars: Suat Koyuncu, Halil Tatari, Ahmet Ugurlu, Sibel Voskay.
Cinematographer: Colin Mounier.

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SEYTAN (1974)

Jon W. — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:53:40 +0000

In this remake of the 1973 horror hit “The Exorcist”, a 12 year old girl named Gul, living with her mother in a cozy, high society life in Istambul becomes possessed by the Satan himself through a Ouija board and a troubled psychiatrist and an experienced exorcist become the girl’s only hope for salvation.

Director: Metin Erksan.
Writer: Yilmaz Tümtürk.
Stars: Canan Perver, Cihan Ünal, Meral Taygun, Agah Hün, Erol Amaç, Ismail Hakki Sen, Ekrem Gökkaya, Ferdi Merter, Sabahat Isik, Ali Taygun, Ahmet Kostarika, Yavuz Özkan, Muzaffer Yenen, Ergun Rona.
Cinematographer: Nihat Cifteoglu.

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Many thanks to Boran for contributing with properly synched and better quality English subtitles for this film.

JAMES BALDWIN: FROM ANOTHER PLACE (1973)

Jon W. — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 04:38:54 +0000

In Istanbul, American writer James Baldwin muses about race, the American fascination with sexuality, insights into his interrupted writing decade in the country, the generosity of the Turks, and how being in another country, in another place, forces one to re-examine well-established attitudes about modern society.

Director: Sedat Pakay.
Stars: James Baldwin.
Composers: Linda Sharrock, Sonny Sharrock.

Closed captions are available for this film, to enable them on the video player click on the cogwheel, select “Subtitles” from the menu and click on “English””.

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KASABA (1997)

Jon W. — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:23:02 +0000

Told from the perspective of two children, The Small Town describes the relationship between members of an extended family in a small Turkish town. Told in four parts which unfold with the seasons, the film is a touching and bittersweet portrait of childhood and fears. Intimately observed and beautifully shot, Ceylan’s feature debut won the Caligari Prize at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival.

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. AKA The Small Town.
Writers: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Emin Ceylan.
Stars: Mehmet Emin Toprak, Havva Saglam, Cihat Bütün, Fatma Ceylan, Emin Ceylan, Sercihan Alevoglu, Semra Yilmaz, Latif Altintas, Muzaffer Özdemir.
Cinematographer: Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Composer: Ali Kayaci.

Behind the Scenes featurette:

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Note: Unfortunately due to the high amounts of grain present on the Bluray release of this film it is not possible to make it look watchable on streaming on the okru video player so I had to burn-in the subs using the older DVD release, while of course of much lower quality it looks MUCH better than the Bluray since it doesn’t get so insanely compressed. Both download options are encodes sourced from the Bluray and are of course much higher quality copies than the streaming version.

MASUMIYET (1997)

Jon W. — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:09:12 +0000

Yusuf, released from prison after having served a ten-year sentence, goes to Izmir to visit his sister. Facing past family troubles and having no other place to go, he settles down in a cheap, run-down hotel. Soon, his path crosses with that of a strange family. In Yusuf’s struggle to survive, Bekir, Ugur and their daughter, Cilem, are initially a glimpse of hope, which, later on, turns into a devastating destiny.

Director: Zeki Demirkubuz. AKA Innocence.
Writer: Zeki Demirkubuz.
Stars: Güven Kiraç, Derya Alabora, Haluk Bilginer, Yalcin Cakmak, Iskender Altin, Dogan Turan, Melis Tuna, Ajlan Aktug, Nihal G. Koldas, Feridun Koç, Nazim Gök, Salih Urfa, Erdogan Seren, Süha Tuna, Apo Demirkubuz, Namik Eken, Eray Kantarci, Riza Sönmez, Ümit Çirak, Engin Kurtcuoglu, Dursun Derebasi.
Composer: Cengiz Onural.
Cinematographer: Ali Utku.

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ISTANBUL (1989)

Jon Whitehead — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:10:05 +0000

An American journalist travels to Istanbul with his daughter to find information about the family of his son-in-law. Something terrifying seems to have happened to them. They soon find themselves in a dangerous plot including weapons smuggling.

Director: Mats Arehn.
Writers: Bo Sigvard Nilsson, Mats Arehn, Thomas Samuelsson.
Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Twiggy, Robert Morley, Emma Kihlberg, Lena Endre, Sverre Anker Ousdal, David Gartenkraut, Merdan Taner, Engin Inal, Celal Khosrowshahi, Zeki Göker, Nüvit Özdogru, Saril Sahbaz, Pierre Stahre, Fuat Acaroglu, Mustafa Suphi.

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YOL (1982)

Jon W. — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:06:21 +0000

A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week’s home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world outside.

Director: Serif Gören.
Writer: Yilmaz Güney.
Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Semra Uçar, Hikmet Çelik, Sevda Aktolga, Tuncay Akça, Hale Akinli, Turgut Savas, Hikmet Tasdemir, Engin Çelik, Osman Bardakçi, Enver Güney, Erdogan Seren.
Cinematographer: Erdogan Engin.
Composers: Sebastian Argol, Zülfü Livaneli.

1982 Cannes Film Festival – Winner Palme d’Or.
1982 Cannes Film Festival – Winner FIPRESCI Prize.
1983 Golden Globes – Nominated for Best Foreign Film.