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Title: Friend

Release Date: 1 Oct 1974

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama

Director: Güney Film

Production Companies: Güney Film

Overview: After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.

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Average Vote: 6.9 (12 votes)

Cast

  • Azem: Yılmaz Güney
  • Semra: Semra Özdamar
  • Ahu: Ahu Tuğbay
  • Cemil: Kerim Afşar
  • Halil: Civan Canova
  • Necibe: Azra Balkan
  • Melike - Cemil's sister-in-law: Melike Demirağ
  • Muhittin - Cemil's brother: Nizam Ergüden
  • : Yusuf Tunalıoğlu
  • : Özden Yüce
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