1968 · drama · obsession · rural
The Well
Directed by Metin Erksan1h 24m1968
Fatma is kidnapped several times by a wild man because she cannot be persuaded to marry. A third attempt at forced submission ends tragically for both, due to the young girl's fatal rebellion.
Our read: The Well (1968) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · obsession · rural entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / obsession, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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