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The Hungry Wolves (Aç Kurtlar)

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Trailer and synopsis

Ac Kurtlar (Hungry Wolves) is the second feature film of Yilmaz Guney as a director. It is based on a novel by Haydar Turan and is considered to be a Turkish Western. The movie was shot in the snowy eastern city of Mus, and was never shown in movie theaters at its time because of a ban by Film Control Commission in Turkey. The main character Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains. When a rich landowner wants to avenge the death of his father, he hires Memed as a bounty hunter. During his hunt, Memed saves a woman from the hands of bandits.


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Length: 85 minutes

Director: Yilmaz Guney

Cast: Yilmaz Guney, Sevgi Can, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Enver Guney, Turkan Agrali


Critics Corner

Yilmaz Guney review by Bilge Ebiri. Senses of Cinema. (link to another website)


Imdb 5.7/10 44 votes