WE CALLED HIM THE UGLY KING
Directed by Claude Weisz
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.
Cast
Yılmaz Güney
Self (archive footage)
Fatoş Güney
Self
Tarık Akan
Self (archive footage)
Kerim Afşar
Sevda Aktolga
Tuncay Akça
Gülşen Alnıaçık
Şevket Altuğ
Movie Vibe
Who would enjoy this
Recommended for
- ✓people who enjoy learning through film
- ✓cinephiles seeking acclaimed, highly-rated films
May not appeal to
- –those seeking nonstop action
- –those looking for narrative fiction
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