frogs
Frogs

Director: Şerif Gören
Producer: Selim Soydan
Screenplay: Osman Şahin
Year: 1985
Director of photography: Erdoğan Engin
Music: Atilla Özdemiroğlu
Cast: Hülya Koçyiğit, Talat Bulut, Yaman Okay, Nesrin Çetinel, Yavuzer Çetinkaya, Hikmet Çelik, Metin Çekmez, Cengiz Ekinci
Production Company: Gülşah Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
Vision date:
Subject: Elmas, who earns a living by farming, becomes a widow at a young age and struggles to survive with her child. The men of the village give no rest to Elmas, who constantly works to pay her debts to the bank and the cooperative.

Notes about the movie:
In the film, a different interpretation was brought to the working life of women by going beyond the role of peasant women. The main character, Elmas, is frog hunting, which is considered a man's job.
It offers a different perspective on the woman working in the village, in terms of the woman working against patriarchy and trying to hold on by working.

Contents related to the movie:
From Women Spinning Wool in Turkish Cinema to New Cinema: The Issue of Women's Labor: The Example of Zerre Film. Elmaci, T. (2017). Art-Art Magazine, (8), 451-470.

Awards:
Cinema Writers “Top 10 films” (1986) (Fourth).
23rd Antalya Film Festival (1986) “Best Original Music” (Atilla Özdemiroğlu)
Nantes, France, 3 Continents Film Festival (1987) “Best Actress” (Hülya Koçyiğit)

Source:
Elmaci, T. (2017). From Women Spinning Wool in Turkish Cinema to New Cinema: The Issue of Women's Labor: The Example of Zerre Film. Art-Art Magazine, (8), 451-470.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2012). Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Movies. Istanbul: Horizon International.
Özgüç, Agâh. (2014). Dictionary of Turkish Films 1914-2014. Istanbul: Republic of Turkey Culture and Tourism Ministry.