Kanal (1979)
Original title: The Canal · Turkish title: Kanal
1979 · 1 h 18 min
Directed by 
Erden Kıral
Erden KıralCast
Tarık Akan 
Tuncel Kurtiz 
Meral Orhonsay 
Kamran Usluer 
Menderes Samancilar Ali Demir
Credits
Written by: 
İhsan Yüce Tuncel Kurtiz
Plot
A film entered at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1979. English title: The Canal.
Sinekatalog’s take
Erden Kıral's drama, shown at the Moscow festival in 1979, deals with the pressures of hardship in a quiet, austere style. Understated and humane, it belongs to the realist wave of late-1970s Turkish cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.3 / 10 (514 votes)
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