Film

Hayatın Tuzu

2008 · Drama

IMDb

5.6

The most famous thing about Bitlis, as evoked by the song "Bitlis'te 5 minare" (Five Minarets in Bitlis), is the unique atmosphere of this small city, famous for its parched lands, historical fabric, and tobacco. Medine is an elderly woman living with her three adult children—one an imam at a mosque, one a worker at a cigarette factory, and the other a student at a tutoring center—and is overwhelmed by their troubles. The unexpected return of her fourth child, who was involved in pirated CD sales in Istanbul, escalates the problems and pushes the family into an even more untenable situation. In this distant and suffocating city, everyone—from the wounded cow roaming the hills to the imam at the mosque—has an issue related to pride. As the camera draws closer to its characters and events, it reveals that things are not as they seem, sparking our curiosity to understand the truth.

Levent Ülgen

Şehsuvar

Kanbolat Görkem Arslan

Harun

Bülent Düzgünoğlu

Erol Demiröz

Güzin Çorağan

Medine

Asiye Dinçsoy

Meryem

Şener Kökkaya

Nihal Yalçın

Süheyla

Müfit Aytekin

Nedim Salman

• Murat DüzgünoğluDirector
• Ender ÖzkahramanScreenplay

Release date

November 28, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

Turkish

Genres

Drama