A Season in Hakkari (1983)

6.9/10 110 min Drama

Overview

An urban Turkish teacher is transferred for political reasons to a backward Kurdish village in the mountains near the Iranian border. He is welcomed with distrust, but during that harsh year the mutual cultural misunderstandings fade away.

Cast

Genco Erkal

The Teacher

Erkan Yücel

Halit

Şerif Sezer

Zazi

Rana Cabbar

Village head

Erol Demiröz

Ramazan

Berrin Koper

Zazi's daughter

Macit Koper

Schools inspector

Zeynep Irgat

Halit's wife

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