We Called Him the Ugly King
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney, shot three years after the filmmaker's death. It's also a political portrait of 20th century Turkey.
Directed by Claude Weisz
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Cast
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Yılmaz Güney Self (archive footage) - Fatoş Güney Self
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Tarık Akan Self (archive footage) -
Kerim Afşar -
Sevda Aktolga -
Tuncay Akça -
Gülşen Alnıaçık -
Şevket Altuğ -
Aytaç Arman -
Dündar Aydınlı -
Ahmet Açan -
Civan Canova
Make it a double feature
We Called Him the Ugly King
My Best Fiend
A close match in mood and era.
