Filmmaker: Bilge Olgaç
Cast: Perihan Savaş, Berhan Şimşek, Gülsen Tuncer
Turkey, 1987, DVD, Color, 92’, Turkish

A woman carried to the village on a trailer truck, attracting attention with her silky hair reaching her waist… The villagers put her in a hut. When the woman falls in love with the embroider decorating the hut, she has to face the patriarchal morality of the villagers.

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