Release, runtime and language

1979 · 78 mins · Turkish

Directed by

Erden Kıral

Starring

Necmettin Çobanoğlu, Menderes Samancılar, Tuncel Kurtiz, Tarık Akan, Yusuf Çetin, Ahmet Aslan

Based on real events, the film follows a young district governor in rural Adana who, while carrying out an ordinary bureaucratic duty, confronts an influential landowner. His growing moral conscience transforms the assignment into a determined battle to protect villagers from exploitation, greed and the looming threat of malaria.