The Passenger (1993) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1993 · 102 mins · Turkish

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Directed by

Başar Sabuncu

Starring

Mustafa Alabora, Mehmet Esen, Halil Ergün, Tarık Akan, Müjde Ar, Berhan Şimşek

Set at an isolated railway station in a small western Anatolian town during the critical days of the 1921 National War of Independence, the film follows three lives bound to the outpost: the station chief, maimed in the front lines having lost an eye and a foot; his wife; and a fellow resident plagued by dental caries. Their daily struggles unfold against a war‑torn landscape where neither birds nor caravans pass.