Cast
Yılmaz Güney 
Tuncel Kurtiz Ayşe Emel Mesçi
Credits
Written by: Yılmaz Güney
Plot
A poor cab driver in Adana, obsessed with finding buried treasure, abandons his family and his job in a hopeless search.
Sinekatalog’s take
Yılmaz Güney's landmark drama follows a poor Adana cab driver chasing buried treasure into ruin. Neorealist and heartbreaking, it is a pillar of Turkish cinema and a powerful portrait of poverty and false hope.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (4,718 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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