The Herd

(1978)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 44 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1978

Runtime: 117 мин

Country: Turkey

Director: Zeki Ökten

Cast: Tarık Akan, Melike Demirağ, Tuncel Kurtiz, Levent İnanır, Yaman Okay, Эроль Демирёз, Şener Kökkaya, Savaş Yurttaş, Meral Niron, Gülten Kaya

Plot

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.