BLOOD MONEY

BLOOD MONEY (DİYET), 1973

Turkey | DCP, Color, 90’ | Turkish with English subtitlesDirector: Lütfi Akad
Cast: Hülya Koçyiğit, Hakan Balamir, Erol Günaydın

In this final installment of the migration trilogy, the focal point is factory work considered as the beginning of the process of urbanization. Hacer and Hasan, who work in the same factory, get married. Hacer is worried that Hasan may be injure by the machine that he operates, because, before Hasan, Mustafa had an accident at the same machine, which left him crippled. And, because he was employed unlawfully he could not receive any compensation. Having witnessed all that had happened to her neighbor Mustafa, Hacer is drawn closer to the union in the factory. This brings Hacer into confrontation with Hasan who is close to the boss. Looking at the transition from semi-feudal relationships to capitalism and Turkey’s socioeconomic spectrum, the film seeks to show the efforts of these two people to survive and their quest for rights.