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Dilan

9.3 92 mins Drama   1987
Limbo Film AG  
Director(s): Erden Kıral

Based on a well-known Turkish novel, Dilan narrates the story of a peasant woman who decides to avenge the murder of her lover. In a remote village in Southeastern Turkey, two men are in love with beautiful Dilan: the rich Paso and the poor but brave Mirkan. When Dilan chooses Mirkan, Paso has the youth killed by one of his men. Dilan marries Paso, but she murders him on their wedding night and runs away to the mountains. A tragic love story as well as a realistic portrait of the existence of the rural people of Anatolia, Dilan was shown at several international film festivals, including Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

Casts of Dilan

Derya Arbaş

as Dilan

Hakan Balamir

as Kerim

Yılmaz Zafer

as Paso

Güler Ökten

as Dilan'in Annesi

Mehmet Erikçi

as Mirkan

Keriman Ulusoy

as Paso'nun Annesi

Dilaver Uyanık

as Halil Aga

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