Agit translated as Lament,[1]) is a 1972 Turkish film directed by Yılmaz Güney.[2] The screenplay was written by Güney and produced for his production company, Güney Film. [3]
Plot
Coban and his four comrades are smugglers who live in the bleak, inaccessible mountains. They are hard, pitiless men like the county they live in, whose daily commerce is in greed, danger, betrayal and murder.
Production
Agit is Guney's final Western film. After a prolonged absence from the genre, having directed numerous urban gangster films, Guney returned to the western in the early 1970s. This film combines the Western genre with a mystical folk tale, imbued with a leftist political perspective. Shot on location in the rugged mountain terrain of Eastern Anatolia, the film explores social and political themes. [4][5][6]
Awards
In Adana Film Festival, Agit won many awards, including Best Picture, Best Director,Best Screenwriter and Best Actor for Yılmaz Güney. Also Best Cinematographer for Gani Turanli.
References
^Woodhead, Christine (2 August 1989). "Turkish Cinema: An Introduction". Centre of Near & Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London – via Google Books.
