Agit translated as Lament,[1]) is a 1972 Turkish film directed by Yılmaz Güney.[2] The screenplay was written by Güney and produced for his production company, Güney Film. [3]
| Agit | |
|---|---|
 Poster of Ağıt | |
| Directed by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Written by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Story by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Produced by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Starring | Yilmaz Güney Bilal Inci Atilla Olgaç Necmettin Çobanoğlu Meral Orhonsay Sevda Aktolga Yusuf Koç |
| Cinematography | Gani Turanli |
| Edited by | Yılmaz Güney |
| Music by | Arif Erkin |
Production company | Güney Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Turkey |
| Languages | Turkish, Kurdish |
Plot
editCoban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccessible mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, betrayal and murder.
Production
editAgit is Guney's final Western film. After a prolonged absence from the genre, having directed numerous urban gangster films, Guney returned to the western in the early 1970s. This film combines the Western genre with a mystical folk tale, imbued with a leftist political perspective. Shot on location in the rugged mountain terrain of Eastern Anatolia, the film explores social and political themes. [4][5][6]
Awards
editIn Adana Film Festival, Agit won many awards, including Best Picture, Best Director,Best Screenwriter and Best Actor for Yılmaz Güney. Also Best Cinematographer for Gani Turanli.
References
edit- ^ Woodhead, Christine (2 August 1989). "Turkish Cinema: An Introduction". Centre of Near & Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London – via Google Books.
- ^ Güney, Yılmaz; Güney, Yilmaz (1972-01-01), Agit (Drama), Güney Film, retrieved 2024-09-13
- ^ Kardozi, Karzan (2018). Yilmaz Guney (in Kurdish). Sulaymaniyah: Xazalnus. p. 387.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (2014). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-0698183612.
- ^ Kardozi, Karzan (2018). Yilmaz Guney (in Kurdish). Sulaymaniyah: Xazalnus. p. 387.
- ^ Hubschmid, Edi (2017). YOL - der Weg ins Exil. Das Buch (in German). Biel-Bienne: PPP Publishing Partners. p. 122. ISBN 978-3-9524751-2-6.