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Watchtower

2012 · 100 min

A quiet, somber character study set in lonely landscapes, where two guarded people circle each other and their secrets.

Directed by
Pelin Esmer
Genres
Drama
Starring
Olgun Şimşek, Nilay Erdönmez, Menderes Samancılar
Overview
Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own.

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Directed by
Pelin Esmer
Genres
Drama
Starring
Olgun Şimşek, Nilay Erdönmez, Menderes Samancılar
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • guilt
    • identity
    • deception
    • redemption
    Places
    • wilderness
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Pelin Esmer
    Written by
    Pelin Esmer
    Starring
    Olgun Şimşek, Nilay Erdönmez, Menderes Samancılar, Kadir Çermik, Laçin Ceylan, Rıza Akın, Mehmet Bozdoğan, Mehmet Mola
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    Turkey, France, Germany
    Languages
    Turkish

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