Official Selection - Out of Competition · 47th Edition
Salvation
Kurtuluş
Director
Emin Alper
Country
Türkiye, France, Netherlands, Greece, Sweden, Saudi Arabia
Runtime
2 h
Language
Turkish, Kurdish
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
In a remote village high in the Turkish mountains, the return of an exiled clan reignites a decades-old land dispute. As long-dormant resentments resurface, Mesut, the brother of the local leader, is haunted by unsettling visions believed to be divine warnings. Caught in a storm of religious fervor and power struggles, the community is pushed toward a fine line between tragedy and redemption.
Cast
Caner Cindoruk, Berkay Ateş, Feyyaz Duman, Naz Göktan, Özlem Taş
Screenplay
Emin Alper
Producers
Liman Film, Bir Film, Meltem Films, TS Productions, Circe Films, Horsefly Films, ERT S.A., Second Land
About the Director
A filmmaker with a PhD in Modern Turkish History, his work explores the intersection of political tension and collective psychology. His debut, Beyond the Hill (2012), won the Caligari Film Prize at the Berlinale. Frenzy (2015) won the Special Jury Prize at Venice, A Tale of Three Sisters (2019) competed at the Berlinale, and Burning Days (2022) premiered at Cannes. He is the Artistic Director of Sinematek in Istanbul.
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