On Fertile Lands is a 1980 Turkish drama film, directed by Erden Kıral based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring Tuncel Kurtiz as the head of a group of day labourers looking for work in the Çukurova region. "The story," according to Rekin Teksoy, "became a legend about village farm labourers, their merciless conditions, their hopes, their pain and their goldenhearts." It won Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Strasbourg Film Festival and two Golden Oranges at the 18th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.
On Fertile Lands (1980)
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Movie Info
Box Office
$15,538
Tags
Antalya, Best Screenplay, Erden Kıral, Golden Orange Film Festival, Golden Oranges, Grand Jury, Rekin Teksoy, Social Realism, Socialist Realism, Strasbourg Film Festival, Tale
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Narrative Location: Çukurova, set in Turkey
Narrative Location: Çukurova, set in Turkey
Alternate Titles
Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde
TR
Das fruchtbare Land
DE
Na żyznej ziemi
PL
On Fertile Lands
GB, US
Σε γόνιμη γη
GR