1962 · drama · village · land
Revenge of the Snakes
Directed by Metin Erksan1h 48m1962
The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.
Our read: Revenge of the Snakes (1962) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · village · land entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / village, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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