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Yanaşma

The Farmhand (Yanaşma) (translated)

Movie · 1973 · 5 people

The colour Turkish melodrama Yanaşma dates from 1973. Duygu Sağıroğlu wrote and directed it, Memduh Ün produced it and Uğur Film backed it. It opened on 1 March 1974. Its title refers to the "yanaşma", a young hand taken into a village landlord's service, and this figure is at the heart of the story.

Memo (Cüneyt Arkın) serves in the household of the village landlord, who took him in as a yanaşma at an early age. The landlord's daughter Cano (Meral Zeren) falls for Memo, and he is not indifferent to her. But he fears the landlord and sees no future, knowing he is only a yanaşma, so he first runs from the love. The story hardens into a conflict around custom and class difference. Turgut Özatay plays Derviş Ağa and Hayati Hamzaoğlu plays Kara Ali, with Haydar Karaer as Müslüm Ağa, İbrahim Uğurlu as Dursun and Sabahat Işık as Emine.

Orhan Kapkı and Kaya Ererez were the directors of photography and Mehmet Özdemir the editor; Ören Film handled the colourisation.

DirectorDuygu Sağıroğlu
Production companyUğur Film

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Cüneyt Arkın Cüneyt Arkın Actor · died at 84 Meral Zeren Meral Zeren Actor · 70 years old Hayati Hamzaoğlu Hayati Hamzaoğlu Actor · died at 67 Turgut Özatay Turgut Özatay Actor · died at 74 Muharrem Gürses Muharrem Gürses Actor · died at 85

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Yanaşma takes its title from the young hand taken into a landlord's service at an early age, and that figure opens a good door onto the class structure of rural society. Memo first running from his love for Cano is less personal shyness than the fear of someone who knows the limits of his place. Duygu Sağıroğlu sets love against class difference through custom, enmity and abduction. Though it sometimes leans on melodrama's formulas, the way it makes visible the landlord system and a yanaşma's lack of any future makes it valuable for anyone wanting to understand 1970s village cinema.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Cüneyt Arkın, guns, feuds, an abduction: on paper it looks like a tense film. But Yanaşma's centre of gravity is love and custom, not action. The stretches where Memo runs from Cano felt long to me, and the melodrama is laid on thick. When the conflict hardens the film comes alive, and Arkın's presence gives every scene energy. If you only want movement, bring some patience.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Yanaşma is a love story, but it also has feuds, guns and an abduction. It may be too heavy for small children. Themes like custom and class difference are a good chance to talk with teenagers. Grandparents who love old Turkish films will enjoy it. Best watched with middle- and high-school-age kids, with an adult alongside.

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