A Turkish classic, but, I must say, I kind of hated it. It's obnoxiously loud, with every line being shouted or screamed, and the characters are either hopelessly dumb or mustache-twirlingly evil (literally: the villain twirls his mustache). The story concerns two brothers, Osman and Hasan, who own a primo piece of land with a natural spring flowing from it. The spring, which flows down to other farms, has always been a communal water source, but Osman, the elder brother, figures that he can become the most powerful landowner around if he dams it up and keeps it all for himself. Hasan objects, but, being the younger sibling (he seems to be in maybe his late 20s at the youngest, with his brother a good decade older maybe), he goes along with it. Early in the film, Hasan becomes a newlywed, marrying Bahar. Osman is a widower, and he takes an unhealthy interest in Bahar. After a tragic encounter with some rebellious neighbors, Osman convinces Hasan to take the jail sentence for him. Up to this point I can see that, yeah, in this culture the younger brother might defer to the elder in most cases, but it strikes me as unbelievable that Hasan, who, in any real world scenario, had to have noticed his brother making eyes at his wife, would agree to leave her alone with him for years at a time. The whole movie just bugged me on a couple of levels. The cinematography was really nice.
Review of Dry Summer
