The Law of the Border
The Law of the Border Turkish Hudutlarn Kanunu is a 1966 Turkish drama film, written by Ylmaz Gney and directed by mer Ltfi Akad.
While the main story is about smuggling and a father Hidir played by Yilmaz Gney, without a future fighting to give his young son Yusuf played by Hikmet Olgun a future, it is as much about the forces that push Hidir and his fellow villagers to smuggle amp a telling of the plight of the poor and alienated group of people struggling to survive the only way they ever knew, from father to son. Hudutlarn Kanunu underlines the importance of education, which is the crucial element of socioeconomical progress in third world countries. Fatih Akin, May 2011 This is the main message of the movie to have the options to educate and grow the option to make a life is as import as hard work, that without a chance people stagnate even great people and Hidir is the symbol of that stagnation while his son shows hope of the future a way out of the cycle. It also shows the great divide of the haves and have nots an old way of life fighting to survive while the new way comes along to late to save any but the children. The film shows the violence of this system and manipulation of the corrupt as it also shows the good intentions of authority misused by the wealthy to hurt the poor. The film repeatedly shows the inability for people to get past social structures and economics and almost pleads with the viewer to think about the plight of the villagers and give them a chance to let them grow as humans. Yet in the end reality crashes in while duty, survival, and emotions, take over nobility, and people resort back to what they know be it teacher commander smuggler or profiteer. Other themes like a horse, nomadic culture vs a car sedentary culture are explored to lesser degrees yet are very deliberate and help symbolize the divide in the society.The Law of the Border was the beginning of New Cinema in Turkey it was realistic, and focused on social and economic problems and was a 180 turn from the dream like non realistic movies made in Turkey before it. While not to be placed in the Euro
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