İnsanları Seveceksin

You Will Love People (İnsanları Seveceksin) (translated)

Movie · 1979 · 4 people

İnsanları Seveceksin is a Turkish-Italian co-production directed by Melih Gülgen. The screenplay was written by Erdoğan Tünaş, while Gülgen also produced the picture through Gülgen Film. Shot in colour with cinematography by Salih Dikişçi and a score by the Italian composer Paolo Ormi, the film runs for 87 minutes. Sources give 1978 as its production year and 1 February 1979 as its theatrical release date.

The story follows Halil, the son of a poor porter. After his father's death, he leaves school and starts working to support his mother Nazlı and his brother Yalçın in the shanty house where they live. When the owner of the business he works for commits a murder, the man asks Halil to take the blame, promising to provide for his family in return. Halil accepts the sacrifice and, over the years, becomes a well-known tough. His brother, unaware of how his sibling really lives, stays in school and becomes a prosecutor - and fate eventually brings the two men face to face.

Mixing adventure, drama and crime, the film stars Cüneyt Arkın as Halil. The cast also features the Italian actress Gloria Piedimonte alongside Şükriye Atav, Sevda Karaca, Süheyl Eğriboz, Yadigar Ejder, Hüseyin Peyda and Ekrem Dümer. The narrative's movement between Istanbul and Rome mirrors the film's co-production identity.

DirectorMelih Gülgen
Production companyGülgen Film

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

The setup is strong: one brother a tough, the other a prosecutor, and fate puts them face to face. That clash is the film's main source of tension. Cüneyt Arkın fits the hard-man role of Halil perfectly. But drama carries as much of the load as adventure, and if you're after action, the shanty-house and sacrifice stretches may feel slow. Eighty-seven minutes is short, yet there are moments that test your patience.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Through the life of a poor porter's son in a shanty house, the film touches on the class question in late-1970s Turkey. Halil having to leave school to support his family, then taking the blame for his boss's crime, shows how poverty forces people into bargains. Two brothers from the same home, one becoming a tough and the other a prosecutor, draws a sharp contrast in how education splits lives apart. The narrative, however, tends to frame this social question through the melodrama of fate and sacrifice. The link between Istanbul and Rome mirrors the film's identity as a co-production.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

This film is about an older brother's sacrifice for his family, and the family bonds are strong. But the story also involves murder, crime and the world of street toughs. The crime and adventure scenes may be too heavy for young children. For teenagers and adults, the two brothers' story gives plenty to think about. Halil, leaving school to look after his mother and brother, will touch the older members of the household too.

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