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Dry Summer

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A tobacco farmer tries to ruin his competitor's crops by diverting water to his property.

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Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn 08/28/2022
A-
Dry Summer is a perfect example of a film that makes the most out of the least. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/19/2014
B-
The black-and-white shot drama has no surprises. Go to Full Review
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j f @LiberteBurrows Oct 13 Hard to soar with the eagles when you’re Turkish See more 05/23/2018 This film is more interesting to me because of the cultural aspects of the story than the technical ones, although there are some beautiful images. See more 09/03/2014 Winner of Silver Bear at 1964 Berlianle See more 03/27/2014 A movie ahead of its time, mixing Marxist ideology, sexual tension and vengeance into a tense piece that leaves you all wide-eyed as to its outcome. The immaculate direction, with the lusty brother and his nervous sister-in-law played out with such drama and verve with the camera panning and angled just right to maximize the fear we feel as to its outcome in the end. A really powerful film with as much theatrics with its final display itself. See more 01/21/2014 A good movie that ends up having some great twists and turns. It's interesting in that the movie follows the antagonist around. The construction of the story seems a bit rough. The acting is fairly good and the cinematography is nice. I would never have watched this movie if I knew they were going to kill a dog. The scene of them doing so seems to randomly come out of nowhere, so there's no foreshadowing of the event. They really kill the dog, too - no movie trickery or special effects. I wish I could unsee/unhear that... See more 07/10/2011 The concept can be maximized to any country fighting for basic riches and supplies over another country, just like Bush and his barbaric war over oil. Moreover, the next international war will most certainly be for water. Susuz Yaz is a phenomenal masterpiece of Turkish cinema that treats the population's respect towards the traditions within family hierarchies even in the most irresponsible and unjust circumstances. You will rarely meet a lead character so hateful and repulsive. 99/100 See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A tobacco farmer tries to ruin his competitor's crops by diverting water to his property.
Director
Metin Erksan, David Ransom
Producer
Ulvi Dogan, William Shelton
Screenwriter
Necati Cumali, Metin Erksan, Kemal Inci, Ismet Soydan
Production Co
Hitit
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Turkish
Runtime
1h 30m