The Herd

IMDb link: 0078355
IMDb rating: 8.1 (5,734 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Zeki Okten
Cast: Tuncel Kurtiz, Tarik Akan, Suayip Adlig, Zeliha Bekan, Melike Demirag, Savas Yurttas and others

Release date: 1 Mar 1979
Release year: 1978
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: Turkey
Keywords: turkey the country, prejudice, political repression, political oppression, nationalism, kurdish music, injustice, family relationships, tragedy drama, kurdish

Plot:

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless, contaminated wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.

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