Friend
1974, Turkish. Directed by Yılmaz Güney.
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin. Politically committed, he aspires to be useful to his country and more particularly to the forsaken rural world. The two former friends meet again. Due to the influence of Azem, Ahmed gradually becomes aware that his life is a failure.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Turkish
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- Released
- 1 October 1974
- Original title
- Arkadaş
- Country
- Turkey
- Written by
- Yılmaz Güney, Çetin Tunca, Oğuz Atay
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Friend runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Who directed Friend?
Friend (1974) was directed by Yılmaz Güney and stars Yılmaz Güney, Semra Özdamar, Ahu Tuğbay.