The Windmill (1986) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1986 · 99 mins · Turkish

Directed by

Atıf Yılmaz

Starring

Taner Barlas, Kemal İnci, Tarık Papuççuoğlu, Yalçın Güzelce, Server Mutlu, Şener Şen

In the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, the modest Anatolian town of Sarıpınar experiences a modest earthquake that causes little damage and few casualties. A telegraph sent to the capital, however, inflates the incident, claiming the governor was gravely wounded. The exaggerated report turns the local tremor into a national sensation, drawing attention far beyond the tiny community.