Shalwar Case
Case of the Baggy Trousers

Director: Kartal Tibet
Producer: Engin Karabağ
Screenplay: Başar Sabuncu
Year: 1983
Director of photography: Çetin Tunca
Music: Atilla Özdemiroğlu
Cast: Müjde Ar, Şener Şen, Halil Ergün, İhsan Yüce, Sırrı Elitaş, Gökhan Mete, Sevinç Beijing, Sevil Üsttekin, Duygu Ankara, Haşmet Zeybek, Oktay Güzeloğlu, Mehmet Esen, Gül Yalaz, Ayten Erman, Yaşar Güner, Tuncay Akça, Ayşen Korkmaz, Suzan Korkmaz, Pembe Mutlu
Production Company: Kök Film
Color: Colorful
Country: Türkiye
Vision date:
Subject: Elif, who returns to her village as a civilized woman, realizes that women live under the domination of men, and gathers other women in the village around her to tell her stories of rebellion against men.

Notes about the movie:
Women living in the village work in the fields, take care of children, cook and serve men. One day, both men and women realize their social duties and rebel against the patriarchal system. Women, who united against men who only spend time sitting in the village coffeehouse, are now opposing the rules set by men and demanding a division of labor. At the same time, he does not want to be positioned as a sexual object. Other important issues touched upon in the film are family planning and women's right to education.
It is also considered the first film to show female friendship and solidarity in the plot.

Contents related to the movie:
The Existence of Women in the Patriarchal System "The Shalwar Case". Buyer, S. (2018). Electronic Turkish Studies, 13(5).
A Comparative Look at Body Sociology: Aristophanes's Lisistrata and the Film of the Shalwar Case. Ozlem, O. Z. E. N., & Toksoy, N. T. (2022). Black Sea International Scientific Journal, 1(56), 67-83.
Women's Friendship and Solidarity in Turkish Cinema After 2000's: A Case Study "Kurtuluş Son Durak". Topçu, A. D. Women's Studies in Turkey and the World, 15.

Source:
Buyer, Süreyya. (2018). The Existence of Women in the Patriarchal System "The Shalwar Case". Electronic Turkish Studies, 13(5).
Evren, M. Burçak. (2014). 100 Years of Turkish Cinema. T.R. Culture and Tourism Ministry.
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.