Anxiety
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53% Critic Match

Anxiety

5.3 / 10 1974 1h 16mNR Turkish
Drama

Storyline

The story of Cevher and his family and their daily struggles as seasonal workers in the cotton fields of Southern Turkey. Cevher depends on the family earnings from the fields to pay blood money for a murder one of his relatives committed. On the cotton fields, people also have to compete with machines, which are preferred to human workers. Eventually, the workers unite and go on strike.

Cast & Crew

Erkan Yücel

Erkan Yücel

Cevher

Lead
Kamran Usluer

Kamran Usluer

Remo

AT

Adem Tolay

Fato

AE

Ayşe Emel Mesçi

Aliye

Nizam Ergüden

Nizam Ergüden

Osman

ME

Mehmet Eken

Patron

İA

İnsel Ardan

Beyaz

YG

Yaşar Gökoğlu

Sino

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yılmaz Güney's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Anxiety is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker