The 5th Hong Kong International Film Festival, part two
The second instalment of my review of what I saw at the Fifth Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1981 covers films from Thailand, Turkey, China, Indonesia and the […]
Review: The Enemy (1979)
Director: Zeki Ökten
Cast: Aytaç Arman, Güngör Bayrak, Şevket Altuğ, Ahmet Açan, Lütfü Engin,
Aytaç Arman
Güngör Bayrak
Şevket Altuğ
Ahmet Açan
Lütfü Engin
Plot: Ismail (Aytac Arman) is the educated Turk who travels to Asia from Istanbul to escape crushing unemployment in this somber social drama. With an ailing mother-in-law, a bitter wife, and a pretty young daughter to support, he takes a job as a dog killer. Ismail is saddened to see young women his daughter's age forced into prostitution. When he returns home to ask his father and brother for an advance on his inheritance, his wife leaves him. The enemy in question refers to unemployment.
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