Year 1984
Title Pehlivan
Original Title Pehlivan
Description The film tells the story of a man who earns his living as a wrestler. Bilal lives with his wife, two children, and elderly father. He does various jobs in order to make money. Bilal’s primary goal is to go and work as a laborer in Libya. But as he is waiting to go, a seductress called Mestan suggests he do his father’s profession of wrestling. Bilal thinks he has a chance of winning the grand prize at the Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Tournament. So he competes in the tournament with the help of Mestan and his master Tevfik. The more matches he wins, the more Bilal begins to dream of riches. (Celil Civan) (https://www.tsa.org.tr/en/film/filmgoster/655/pehlivan)
Duration 01:38
Form Fiction
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