''On Fertile Lands'' ( tr, Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde) is a

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Turkish drama film, directed by

Erden Kıral Erden Kıral (10 April 1942 – 17 July 2022) was a Turkish film director and screenwriter. He directed 12 films from 1978 on. His 1979 film, '' The Canal'', was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and his 1983 film, '' A S ...

based on a story by Orhan Kemal, featuring

Tuncel Kurtiz Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Early year ...

as the head of a group of day labourers looking for work in the

Çukurova Çukurova () or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Turkey. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osman ...

region. "The story," according to

Rekin Teksoy Rekin Teksoy (1928 – May 30, 2012) was a Turkish lawyer, author and translator. Career Teksoy taught courses in Istanbul University’s Communications Faculty on ''Art of Cinema'' and ''Cinema and Literature Relations'' for over twenty years. ...

, "became a legend about village farm labourers, their merciless conditions, their hopes, their pain and their goldenhearts." It won Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the Strasbourg Film Festival and two Golden Oranges at the

18th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

Awards

*Strasbourg Film Festival **Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: Erden Kıral (won) *18th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival **Golden Orange for Best Director: Erden Kıral (won) **Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor: Yaman Okay (won)

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* Films set in Turkey 1980s Turkish-language films 1980 drama films 1980 films Turkish drama films {{1980s-drama-film-stub