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Yusuf, who has obeyed the family elders' decision and set his sister up for an honour killing, and his brother Ramazan who committed the murder, come together after 4 years when Yusuf is discharged on probation from the detention center. Instead of Ramazan, the family has turned in Yusuf, as he was younger than 18 at the time of the murder and would get a reduced sentence. Coming out of prison, Yusuf ends up marooned at the family-run trailer truck park on the highway leading to Iran, where he struggles with his guilty conscience and regret for what he did. Surrounded by the cruelty of traditional moral and religious rules that can turn a child into a murderer, every move he makes is watched over by his family.

 

Entering the lives of two brothers who end up condemned to one another's destinies, Yasemin becomes the unwilling witness to the honour killing that is kept as a family secret. As Yusuf and Ramazan reckon with their past and their conscience, Yasemin becomes another threat for the family, just like Yusuf.

 

Feature Film, 2018, 103 min

Turkey / Germany / Bulgaria

World Premiere at Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 - Official Competition

 

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Ömür Atay

Funda Ödemiş

Ömür Atay

Stefan Gieren, Borislav Chouchkov, Ömür Atay

A. Emre Tanyıldız

Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Victor Chouchkov

Emre Yurtseven, Meral Efe Yurtseven

Doruk Kaya, Amon Guilliard

Meral Efe Yurtseven

Eli Haligua, Fatih Rağbet, Blagomir Alexiev

Boris Trayanov

Çiğdem Uzundağ

Ezgi Baltaş

Yiğit Ege Yazar, Caner Şahin, Gözde Mutluer, Cem Zeynel Kılıç, Ozan Çelik, Ebru Ojen Şahin, Yiğit Çakır, Nihal Koldaş, Mürtüz Yolcu, Cankat Aydos, Erol Afşin, Onur Dikmen, Enes İlçi

 

An ATAY FILM - OFF FILM - FICTION 2.0 - CHOUCHKOV BROTHERS Co-Production

© Atay Film 2018

DIRECTOR: ÖMÜR ATAY

 

Ömür Atay began his cinema education at the Faculty of Fine Arts of 9 Eylül University and completed it at the Film Direction Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Marmara University in Istanbul. He directed several short films while still a student at film school. “Necropolis”, a film he directed in 1998, won the first prize at Ifsak Short Film Competition. His short films have been screened at numerous national and international film festivals. In 2006, he directed the “Little Red Riding Hood” segment of “Anlat Istanbul / Istanbul Tales”, a feature-length film comprised of five intertwined tales.

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A FILM BY ÖMÜR ATAY
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Director: Ömür Atay Producer: Funda Ödemiş  Story and Screenplay: Ömür Atay  Co-Producers: Stefan Gieren, Borislav Chouchkov, Ömür Atay

Cinematographer: A. Emre Tanyıldız Music: Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Victor Chouchkov Art Director: Emre Yurtseven, Meral Efe Yurtseven  Editor: Doruk Kaya, Amon Guilliard Costume Designer: Meral Efe Yurtseven  Sound Design: Eli Haligua, Fatih Rağbet, Blagomir Alexiev Sound: Boris Trayanov Hair and Make-up: Çiğdem Uzundağ Casting Director: Ezgi Baltaş Cast: Yiğit Ege Yazar, Caner Şahin, Gözde Mutluer, Cem Zeynel Kılıç, Ozan Çelik, Ebru Ojen Şahin, Yiğit Çakır, Nihal Koldaş, Mürtüz Yolcu, Cankat Aydos, Erol Afşin, Onur Dikmen, Enes İlçi