Anxiety

The story of Cevher and his family and their daily struggles as seasonal workers in the cotton fields of Southern Turkey. Cevher depends on the family earnings from the fields to pay blood money for a murder one of his relatives committed. On the cotton fields, people also have to compete with machines, which are preferred to human workers. Eventually, the workers unite and go on strike.

Director: Yılmaz Güney, Şerif Gören

Cast: Erkan Yücel, Kamran Usluer, Adem Tolay, Ayşe Emel Mesçi, Nizam Ergüden, Mehmet Eken, İnsel Ardan, Yaşar Gökoğlu

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.