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Brother's Keeper

People Next Door 2021 / Okul Tıraşı / Turkey, Romania 2021

When Memo, a pupil at an isolated Kurdish boarding school, falls sick, his friend Yusuf quickly tries to find help. But instead of understanding from the teachers, he runs up against bureaucracy and an unwillingness to get involved. After the school is struck by a blizzard and the patient’s state worsens, the atmosphere among the teachers and pupils thickens and the finger-pointing starts…

Brother's Keeper Brother's Keeper

Synopsis

When Memo, a pupil at an isolated Kurdish boarding school, falls sick, his best friend Yusuf quickly tries to find him the proper care. But instead of understanding from the teachers, he runs up against bureaucracy and an unwillingness to get involved. When the adults finally decide to take the boy to a hospital, the school is struck by a blizzard, making transport impossible. As the patient’s state worsens and the temperature drops inside the school, the atmosphere among the teachers and pupils thickens and the finger-pointing starts. Ferit Karahan’s chilling drama explores the sense of detachment created by authoritarian institutions in which even the youngest members of society are often forced to grow up too fast.

Natalia Kozáková

About the film

85 min / Color, DCP

Director Ferit Karahan / Screenplay Ferit Karahan, Gulistan Acet / Dir. of Photography Türksoy Gölebeyi / Editor Sercan Sezginhayedeh, Safiyari, Ferit Karahan / Art Director Tolunay Türköz / Producer Kanat Dogramaci / Production Asteros Film / Coproduction Flama Booking / Cast Samet Yıldız, Ekin Koç, Mahir İpek, Nurullah Alaca / Sales Intramovies

About the director

Ferit Karahan

Ferit Karahan (1983, Muş, Turkey). Selected filmography: Before the Flood (Berîya Tofanê, 2010, short), Yûsiv's Dream (Xewna Yûsiv, 2011, short), The Fall from Heaven (Cennetten Kovulmak, 2013), The Death of Black Horses (2018), Brother’s Keeper (Okul Tıraşı, 2021).

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