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Kin

Hatred (Kin) (translated)

Movie · 1974 · 9 people

A 1974 Turkish drama-adventure film, Kin (Hatred) was written and directed by Natuk Baytan. Erman Film made it, with Hürrem Erman as producer and Cahit Engin as cinematographer. Shot in color, it runs about 87 minutes and opened on May 1, 1974. Cüneyt Arkın leads; the voices of Erol Taş, Ahmet Mekin, Yıldırım Gencer and Ferda Büyükgüneş were dubbed afterwards at Yeni Stüdyo.

It is a revenge story. Kenan (Cüneyt Arkın) kills four of the five men who murdered his wife; the fifth, Hasan, is wounded but recovers, and Kenan goes to prison. Police superintendent Şükrü places his little daughter in an orphanage. In the tenth year of his sentence Kenan falls seriously ill with a lung disease and is granted two months' leave for a change of air. He plans to use it to find Hasan and finish his revenge. Şükrü follows him step by step, yet Kenan soon reaches his target, only to face a truth he did not know. Protection money, a coffeehouse, a ruined house and a train figure in the telling.

Besides Arkın, the cast includes familiar Yeşilçam names such as Ahmet Mekin, Erol Taş, Yıldırım Gencer, Hüseyin Zan, Ekrem Dümer, Zeki Sezer, Aydın Haberdar and Ata Saka; Ferda Büyükgüneş plays Fatma and Funda Ersin plays Zeynep.

DirectorNatuk Baytan
Production companyErman Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Ahmet Mekin Ahmet Mekin Actor · 94 years old Erol Taş Erol Taş Actor · died at 72 Yıldırım Gencer Actor · died at 68 Hüseyin Zan Hüseyin Zan Actor · died at 80 Ekrem Dümer Ekrem Dümer Actor · died at 71 Zeki Sezer Zeki Sezer Actor · died at 77 Aydın Haberdar Actor · 1936 – 2006 Ata Saka Actor · born 1937

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Kin puts before us once again one of Cüneyt Arkın's most familiar guises: the wounded man bent on revenge. Written and directed by Natuk Baytan, it is full of names who became the face of Yeşilçam, such as Ahmet Mekin, Erol Taş and Yıldırım Gencer, and seeing that cast together is a pleasure in itself. To my mind, though, the real heart of the story lies less in revenge than in the shadow of the little girl placed in an orphanage. The two months' leave granted after a grave illness adds a sorrow racing against time. The post-synchronised voices may sound strange to today's ear, but that is the sound of the era.

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

Kin's setup is a solid tension engine: a sick man out of prison on two months' leave, and a revenge left unfinished. Superintendent Şükrü following him step by step adds tension of its own to the pursuit. Protection money, a coffeehouse, a ruined house and a train add colour too. But this is a 1974 drama-adventure, and anyone used to today's fast action films may find the pace slow.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Natuk Baytan's script puts a simple but effective clock on a revenge story: the two months' leave for a change of air granted to Kenan, gravely ill with a lung disease. That time limit brings an urgency often missing from run-of-the-mill entries in the genre. The bond between pursuer and pursued also gains moral complexity, since the superintendent on Kenan's trail is the man who placed his daughter in an orphanage. Cahit Engin's colour photography and settings that run from a coffeehouse to a train give the film physical texture. On the other hand, the post-synchronised sound of the period may leave today's viewers sensing a gap between face and voice that blunts the nuance of the performances. The running time of about 87 minutes keeps the storytelling tight.

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