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MINORITY CROATIAN CO-PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR: Emin Alper

COUNTRY: Turkey, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Croatia

YEAR / DURATION: 2022 • 130’

GENRE: drama

CROATIAN PREMIERE

Info

SCREENPLAY: Emin Alper
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christos Karamanis
EDITORS: Özcan Vardar, Eytan İpeker
SCORE: Stefan Will
ACTORS: Selin Yeninci, Selahattin Paşalı, Ekin Koç, Eylül Ersöz, Erol Babaoğlu, Erdem Şenocak, Nizam Namidar, Ali Seçkiner Alıcı, Onur Gürçay
PRODUCER: Nadir Öperli
PRODUCER COMPANY:Liman Film
COPRODUCERS: Fatih Sakız, Laurent Lavolé, Viola Fügen, Michael Weber, Stienette Bosklopper, Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Anita Juka
COPRODUCED BY: Zola Yapım (Turkey), Gloria Films (France), Pola Pandora (Germany), Circe Films, (Netherlands), Horsefly Productions (Greece), Četiri film d.o.o. (Croatia)
DISTRIBUTION: The Match Factory
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS: Cannes Film Festival 2022 – Un Certain Regard

Trailer

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Synopsis

Emre, a young and dedicated prosecutor, is newly appointed to a small town hit by a water crisis and political scandals. After an initial welcome, he experiences an increasing number of tense interactions and is reluctantly dragged into local politics. When Emre forms a bond with the owner of the local newspaper, pressure escalates under heated rumours.

About the director

Emin Alper (Ermenek, 1974) has a film career, but also teaches modern history at the Humanities and Social Sciences Department at Istanbul Technical University. His debut film Beyond the Hill (2012), screened at numerous international festivals, has received numerous awards, and his second film Frenzy (2015) premiered at Venice Film Festival in official competition and won the audience award. His third film A Tale of Three Sisters (2019) had its international premiere at Berlin International Film Festival and has won various awards.

Screening

Kaštel – 18.07.2022
21:30

Valli Cinema – 19.07.2022
16:30

FREE ENTRANCE

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