Kanal

(1979)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1979

Runtime: 78 мин

Director: Erden Kıral

Cast: Tarık Akan, Meral Orhonsay, Kamran Usluer, Tuncel Kurtiz, Ali Demir, Menderes Samancılar, Yılmaz Kurt, Kaplan Tarsuslu, Yusuf Çetin, Necmettin Çobanoğlu

Plot

Based on real events, this story traces a young district governor’s moral awakening as he confronts a powerful landowner in rural Adana. What begins as a routine bureaucratic act soon turns into a struggle to shield villagers from exploitation, greed, and the threat of malaria.