Yellow Heat

In a field surrounded and squeezed by increasing industrialization, an immigrant family, deep in financial debt, struggles to survive through traditional farming. Their son, Ibrahim, dreams of a different future for himself.

Cast

Aytaç Uşun

as İbrahim

Mehmet Özgür

as Necip Ağa

Gökhan Şimşek

as İzzet

Cem Zeynel Kılıç

as Şekip

Tarık Köksal

as Muhittin

Akan Atakan

as Murat

Seher Çuhadar

as Meryem

Bayram Polat

as Hıdır

Süleyman Dağlioğlu

as Seyit

Serap Gezer

as Zehra

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