The Bride

Movie
Audience Score
71
The Bride
NR 1 hr 28 minThriller, DramaThe Migration Trilogy PosterPart of The Migration Trilogy
The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy. What happens on a Eid morning becomes a breaking point for the family.
StarringHülya KoçyiğitKerem YılmazerKahraman Kıral
DirectorLütfi Akad
WriterLütfi Akad

Movie Details

Original Language:Turkish
Production Companies:Erman Film
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The Migration Trilogy

Migration trilogy has occupied an important place in the history of Turkish Cinema since the moment it was shot. These films were evaluated in various axes such as village-city, east-west, traditional-modern, under the intense discussion environment of the period and the migration wave from villages to cities. The films, which are described as the death of the peasantry as a result of this migration wave, and focus on the struggle for survival of this new population accumulating in the cities; It has opened the door to rich and very different tones on issues such as unionization, squatting and Turkey's capitalistization process.