The Criterion Closet
Cover of Dry Summer
Criterion spine #688

Dry Summer

1964Directed by Metin ErksanTurkey90 min

Dry Summer (Turkish: Susuz Yaz), released in the United States as Reflections, is a 1963 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his…

Open it in the Closet