The Sacrifice is a 1979

1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....

 Turkish

Cinema of Turkey

Turkish cinema is an important part of Turkish culture, and has flourished over the years, delivering entertainment to audiences in Turkey, expatriates across Europe, and in rare cases, the USA....

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

, directed by Atıf Yılmaz

Atif Yilmaz

Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish Kurdish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish...

 and written by Başar Sabuncu

Başar Sabuncu

Başar Sabuncu , is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and occasional actor.-Early life:Sabuncu started acting when he was a student at the St. Joseph High School.-Filmography:-External links:...

 based on a true story by Faruk Erem, featuring a peasant who sacrifices his youngest child to God. The "pathological tale," according to Rekin Teksoy, "focuses on superstitious belief through the interjection of eyewitness accounts." It was scheduled to compete in the cancelled 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, for which it received Belated Golden Oranges for Best Screenplay and Best Actor.

Awards

• 17th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Screenplay: Başar Sabuncu
    Başar Sabuncu
    Başar Sabuncu , is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and occasional actor.-Early life:Sabuncu started acting when he was a student at the St. Joseph High School.-Filmography:-External links:...
    
     (won)
  • Belated Golden Orange for Best Actor: Tarık Akan
    Tarik Akan
    Tarık Akan is a Turkish film actor and producer who has been active since the 1970s.-Biography:...
    
     (won, also for The Herd
    The Herd (1978 film)
    The Herd is a 1978 Turkish drama film, written, produced and co-directed by Yılmaz Güney with Zeki Ökten during Güney's second imprisonment, featuring Tarık Akan as a peasant, forced by a local blood feud to sell his sheep in far away Ankara...
    
    , shared with Aytaç Arman
    Aytaç Arman
    Aytaç Arman is a Turkish actor. He has appeared in 42 films and television shows since 1971. He starred in the 1979 film The Enemy, which won an Honourable Mention at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
    
    for The Enemy)