Emine, the Leaning One
(Yatik Emine)
by Ömer Kavur
Turkey
Script: Ömer Kavur, Turgut Özakman after Refik Halit Karay's novel
Cinematographer: Renato Fair
Cast: Necla Nazir, Serdar Gökhan, Mahmut Hekimoglu, Bilal Inci, Turgut Özatay, Atilla Ergun, Güzin Özipek
Prodcer: Ömer Kavur
Production: Alfa Film
Year: 1975
35 mm, Colour, 84 min,
OV Turkish with French Subtitles
Unreleased
In Turkey at the beginning of 20th century when the Ottoman Empire is ending, Emine , a prostitute, is thrown out of the city and sent in exile in a small Anatolian village in order to expiate her faults. Her beauty attracts men and makes women furious. The village head puts her in jail where she is unjustly beaten by petty criminals. She is then sent to the handsome local officer who feels attracted by her beauty….She finally settles in a house away from the village where she briefly experiences love. Ömer Kavur made this debut film at the age of thirty. With his depiction of this woman, in the context of highly political Turkish cinema of the 70ies he takes a different look on rural Turkey at the beginning of 20th century.
