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Friend

Friend

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 1, 1974

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama

User Score

69%

Original Title

Arkadaş

Production Companies

Güney Film

Director

Yılmaz Güney

Description

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.