Dry Summer

Dry Summer
Susuz Yaz
Directed byMetin Erksan
Written by
  • Metin Erksan
  • Kemal İnci
  • İsmet Soydan
Based onSusuz Yaz
1962 novel
by Necati Cumalı
Produced by
  • Metin Erksan
  • Ulvi Doğan
Starring
CinematographyAli Uğur
Edited by
  • Turgut İnangiray
  • Stuart Gellman
Music by
Production
company
Hitit Filim
Distributed byManson International
Release date
  • 16 December 1963 (1963-12-16) (Turkey)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

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 competitors. It is also available in an English dubbed U.S. theatrical release titled Reflections produced by William Shelton and edited by David E. Durston.

Martin Scorsese has supported the film's preservation through the World Cinema Foundation.